Main Amendments of tax laws following the law of economic policy for 2011 and 2012
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Media center
January / 2011
Taxation
January / 2011
Overview of Israel’s energy and natural resources market – legal framework
Meitar partner and head of Energy and Infrastructure Group, Renelle Joffe contributed a chapter to The ILO (International Law Office) online news magazine. The chapter is an overview of the legal framework applicable to Israel’s energy & natural resources. This is the first article contributed by Israel in the energy and natural resources section of the ILO.
Israel has an installed electricity capacity of 12,000 megawatts, which is based almost exclusively on fossil fuels. Until the discovery of natural gas offshore, all fuels were imported. The introduction of natural gas into Israel’s fuel basket is dramatically changing the energy landscape, allowing for the introduction of independent power producers (IPPs) and modernisation of the market. Renewable energy is also slowly penetrating the market, predominantly in the photovoltaic sector.
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Energy and Infrastructure
January / 2011
Public Procurement 2011
Meitar attorneys are authors of the Israeli chapter in “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2011”
Alon Gellert and Giora Ungar contributed the Israeli chapter in “The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2011- A practical cross-border insight into public procurement”, published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. www.iclg.co.uk
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Regulation and Public Policy
November / 2010
Registration as a Company in Violation – Amendment 10 to the Companies Law, 1999
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Corporate and Securities
October / 2010
Viacom v. YouTube Big Victory for Content-Based Websites
If a website is full of infringing material posted by third parties, can it still enjoy immunity from copyright infringement claims? Yes! In perhaps the most closely watched case on this subject for the last 15 years, a U.S. court recently awarded YouTube a clear-cut victory.
The court held that the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) protects website operators from infringement claims even if they had general knowledge that infringement is “ubiquitous” on their site. David Mirchin analyzes this case and suggests how Israeli websites may take some tips on how to handle material posted by their users.
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Technology and Intellectual Property
October / 2010
Horizontal Merger Guidelines
The Israeli Antitrust Authority published draft guidelines for horizontal mergers and invited the public to comment. The draft guidelines describe the methodology of analysis undertaken by the Antitrust Authority when reviewing a horizontal merger, i.e., a merger between either actual of potential competitors. The methodology detailed in the draft guidelines was derived from the experience of the Antitrust Authority in reviewing mergers in the past; however, it leaves room for the Antitrust Authority’s judgment with regard to each case on the basis of its specific circumstances.
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Antitrust / Competition Law
September / 2010
Israel Internet and New Media Update: 2009 Year in Review
In this annual update from Meitar’s Technology and Intellectual Property Group, David Mirchin, head of the practice group, presents what he considers to be five of the most important developments during 2009 in Israeli law impacting e-commerce and technology companies.
The five topics are:
- The Premier League Loses Big: Streaming of Sport Events is a “Fair Use”
- The Score is Tied at 2-2: Initial Judicial Decisions under the new Israeli Spam Law
- Proposed Electronic Commerce Law Withdrawn
- Courts Regulating ISP Liability in Light of Failure to Enact Electronic Commerce Law
- Liability of Cell Phone Companies for Third Party Content
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Technology and Intellectual Property 