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2004

Appraiser Estimated the Value of the House at $2 Million; Receiver Sold for $2.375 Million [Hebrew]

The Marker

Receiver Puts Broker’s $2 Million Home Up for Sale

Haaretz

2006

How We Lost to the Iranians [Hebrew]

Haaretz

2007

EAPC to the High Court of Justice: “We conducted negotiations with Idan Ofer and Yossi Rosen on the construction of a power plant on our land” [Hebrew]

The Marker

2008

The High Court of Justice Rejected the Ofer Brothers’ Petition Against the Construction of the Dorad Power Station in Ashkelon [Hebrew]

Globes

2009

Adv. Meir Heller: “Reifman refused to reveal the name of the English broker” [Hebrew]

Calcalist

The Defense Ministry’s Publishing House Closes [Hebrew]

Calcalist

The Court Rejected Zim’s Claim for NIS 8 Million [Hebrew]

Port2Port

The National Coal Supply Corporation Demands Tens of Millions of Dollars from Zim [Hebrew]

Calcalist

An American Businessman: Moshe Nissim Deceived Me [Hebrew]

Calcalist

A Kafkaesque Search for the Keys to Kafka’s Tel Aviv Legacy

Haaretz

The Police are Investigating a Complaint by a Foreign Investment Company Against Eli Reifman for Fraud and Forgery [Hebrew]

The Marker

2010

Advocates Caspi and Zohar are at Odds: When should Attorneys Collect Success-based Fees? [Hebrew]

Globes

IMI to the Court: Our Financial Situation is not Precarious; the Volume of Sales is Huge [Hebrew]

Globes

Defamation Suit Against “Globes”: “reports about my salary as director-general of the Defense Ministry were slanderous” [Hebrew]

The Marker

Secrecy surrounds Kafka manuscripts amid ownership row

Deutsche Welle

Bank vaults could deliver franz kafka literary treasure trove

Radio Prague

Fate of Franz Kafka’s literary heritage turns into nightmare ruled on by judge

Guardian

Kafka Hebrew-language Manuscripts Discovered [Hebrew]

Ynet

Hava Hoffe in an Affidavit to the Court: Burglars who Broke into my Apartment Stole Documents from the Estate of Max Brod [Hebrew]

Haaretz

Whose Inheritance is This? [Hebrew]

ארץ אחרת

The last mystery of Franz Kafka

ABC News

Israel in legal battle over Kafka’s papers

BBC

In Israel, a tangled battle over the papers of Franz Kafka

Haaretz

2011

Land Owner on the Techelet Beach in Herzliya Refuses to Fulfill an Agreement to Sell it: “I was misled” [Hebrew]

The Marker

To whom does Franz Kafka Belong? [Hebrew]

mako

Adv. Eitan Erez: Eli Reifman’s Convening a Meeting of Creditors is Against the Law [Hebrew]

Globes

2012

Claim of the Heirs of Art Collector Richter Rejected; the Gallery Building Will be Put up for Sale [Hebrew]

The Marker

Eurocup: Hapoel Jerusalem also lost to Nymburk [Hebrew]

Ynet

David Hahn Appointed as the Administrator of Guma Aguiar’s Assets in Israel [Hebrew]

mako

The Administrator General Appointed as the Administrator of Guma Aguiar’s Assets in Israel [Hebrew]

Calcalist

Cats Were Lying on Kafka’s Writings [Hebrew]

Walla! News

Max Brod, Kafka’s Friend – His Place in Israeli Culture (filmed lecture 1:43:00) [Hebrew]

youtube

Kafka’s papers survive new trial

Sydney Morning Herald

Kafka’s Writings will be Transferred to the National Library [Hebrew]

Arutz Sheva

Family lose 39-year legal battle over Franz Kafka portfolio

Telegraph

The Court Ruled: Kafka’s Estate will Remain in Israel and will be Transferred to the National Library [Hebrew]

Globes

Israel Court Orders Kafka Manuscripts Be Transferred to National Library

Haaretz

Farmers’ Disputes in the Northern Moshav Led to a Police Raid [Hebrew]

Haaretz

Guns, Land and Wine – The Violent Struggle over the Lands of Moshav Alma [Hebrew]

Haaretz

The National Library Undertakes: The Brod and Kafka Archives will be Digitized and Uploaded to the Internet [Hebrew]

Haaretz

Recovered Stolen Material May Turn Out to be Kafka’s Writings [Hebrew]

Haaretz

NIS 30 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Adv. Afik in the Eli Reifman Case [Hebrew]

Calcalist

The Reform of Attachments Laws Raises Controversy: “Only the banks will benefit from it” [Hebrew]

Calcalist

Horace Richter Gallery in Old Jaffa will Close; the Property will be Put up for Sale [Hebrew]

The Marker

In the Galilee with Madonna [Hebrew]

ידיעות אחרונות

2013

Missing Millionaire’s Jerusalem Assets Up for Sale

Arutz Sheva

Missing Millionaire’s Jerusalem Homes Being Put Up for Sale

Haaretz

Do You Have NIS 15 Million? For Sale – a Huge Villa in Yemin Moshe and a Luxury Apartment Overlooking the Western Wall [Hebrew]

The Marker

Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Team for Sale; negotiations with High-Tech Entrepreneur Uri Allon [Hebrew]

Globes

Subcontractor in an EAPC Project Blames the Company for Damage to Its Reputation [Hebrew]

Calcalist

Tender Procedures Are Also Protected from Defamation Claims [Hebrew]

Calcalist

Guma Aguiar Disappeared, the Battle for the Assets is Ongoing [Hebrew]

Calcalist

2014

In the beginning there was a dispute over Hebrew Bibles…there still is

Independent

The Bible that the Mossad Smuggled: The Battle for the “Damascus Pentateuch” [Hebrew]

Ynet

The National Library Claims Ownership of the “Damascus Pentateuch” for Fear It Will Be Transferred to Private Hands [Hebrew]

Haaretz

This Is How the Property of the Missing Tycoon Will Be Divided [Hebrew]

Arutz Sheva

Guma Aguiar’s Estate Divided among Heirs

Arutz Sheva

Guma Aguiar’s Property Will be Divided Between His Mother and His Wife [Hebrew]

Ynet

2015

The Trial of Kafka – 2015 Version [Hebrew]

ידיעות אחרונות

A Kafkaesque story-the Tortuous Path of the Book “The Trial” Over the Twentieth Century [Hebrew]

Haaretz

Documents from Max Brod’s Estate located in Germany; the Suspicion: They Were Smuggled out of Israel [Hebrew]

Haaretz

Chabad Claims Ownership of Aguiar’s Houses [Hebrew]

mako

2016

The Transfer of Documents from the Estate of Kafka and Brod to the National Library Has Begun [Hebrew]

Haaretz

Inbal Or Did Not Attend the Hearing and the Court Approved the Sale of 6 Apartments She Owns [Hebrew]

Calcalist

Inbal Or Shooting in all Directions: “I was the sacrificial lamb” [Hebrew]

Calcalist

Unusual case of Nazi-looted artwork that turned up in Israel

Haaretz

A Painting Looted by the Nazis During the Holocaust Is at the Heart of a Heated Struggle [Hebrew]

Haaretz

Purchasers in the “Or Al HaPark” Project Demand: Sell Inbal Or’s Apartments [Hebrew]

Calcalist

The Judge Reprimanded Member of Well-Known Jerusalem Family Who Sued His Own Company [Hebrew]

The Herzliya Water Corporation Will Be Required to Cancel Fines for Excessive Pollution [Hebrew]

Calcalist

2017

The Battle for the Haggadah Worth Millions [Hebrew]

mako

The Battle for the Work of Art Worth Millions [Hebrew]

mako

Petition: Approve the Sale of Inbal Or’s Rights in the Project in Ramat Gan [Hebrew]

Calcalist

Jewish family renews fight for world’s oldest illustrated haggadah

Times of Israel

Israeli Holocaust survivor to return Nazi-looted artwork to US Jewish heir

Times of Israel

The Painting Looted by the Nazis is on the Way to its Rightful Owner [Hebrew]

mako

Hava Hoffe, the Heiress to Kafka’s Writings, Says She Was Left Penniless [Hebrew]

Haaretz

2018

NIS 12 Million Claim – EAPC Against the Municipality of Ashkelon [Hebrew]

The Road to Strife: Who Paid for the New Access Road to the Mall in Hadera Which has Since Been Demolished? [Hebrew]

Ynet

Victory for the Infrastructure Companies: The Court Ruled that the Construction of the Road on Fuel Lines was Illegal [Hebrew]

Calcalist

EAPC: A Private Company Paved an Illegal Road in the Area Designated for Fuel Lines [Hebrew]

Globes

Contractor Paved an Illegal Road on Fuel Pipelines; EAPC Destroyed it and Obtained an Injunction Against Its Construction [Hebrew]

Calcalist

“Instructions from the Nature and Parks Authority Inspector Caused the Devastating Oil Disaster” [Hebrew]

Ynet

2019

Adv. Zvi Nixon Lectured Before the Ministry of Justice on “Submitting the State to Foreign Law in International Commercial Transactions”

Zvi Nixon

Adv. Zvi Nixon Was Asked to Moderate a Panel in the 2019 Israel Energy & Business Convention

Zvi Nixon

Israeli library displays last batch of obtained Kafka works

Washington Post

The Court Ruled That Eli Reifman and Those Involved in the Emblaze Affair Must Pay Compensation of Millions of Shekels [Hebrew]

Globes

Ashdod Port Was Polluted – No One Was Convicted [Hebrew]

Ynet

Kafka’s Stolen Documents Will Be Transferred from Germany to Jerusalem [Hebrew]

Ynet

Germany will return the Stolen Archive of Writer Max Brod to Israel [Hebrew]

Israel Hayom

Unseen Kafka works may soon be revealed after Kafkaesque trial

Guardian

Long-lost Kafka works could emerge after messy legal battle

AP

The Court Allowed a 17-Year-Old Ultra-Orthodox Woman to Marry [Hebrew]

Ynet

Rare Ruling: The Ultra-Orthodox Woman from Beitar May Get Married Even Though She Is 17 [Hebrew]

Kafka’s Last Trial by Benjamin Balint review – long battle over a literary legacy

Guardian

2020

“Court delays controversial sale of rare Islamic museum artifacts”. Hashava Foundation petition to the Israeli High Court of Justice (Bagatz) was filed by Partner Meir Heller, Adv. Keren Abelow & Adv. Talila Devir.

Haaretz

“Israel and UAE Open Talks Over Top-Secret Oil Pipeline” – Partners Zvi Nixon and Lauren Sobel represented EAPC in negotiating this historic agreement.

Bloomberg

Meir Heller, Keren Barth Abelow and Talila Dvir deliver a tour de force analysis of the Israeli practices when it comes to claims for the return of cultural heritage.

IAL

Israeli court: Damascus Bibles to stay in National Library

Washington Post

Israeli Court: Damascus Bibles to Stay in National Library

NY Times

Comparison of Impact Investing Laws in the United States and Israel – a high-level research piece on the differences between US and Israel laws. Co-Collaborators, Zvi Nixon and Leora Kesten-Roth

mission throttle

2021

“Project Finance International (PFI) Americas P3 Deal of the Year: Fargo Moorhead” – Representing Shikun & Binui, Partners Zvi Nixon and Lauren Sobel took an integral part in bringing this US$2.75bn winning P3 project to fruition.

PFI

“Shikun & Binui in huge N Dakota flood prevention project” – Partners Adv. Zvi Nixon and Adv. Lauren Sobel represented US subsidiaries of the Israeli publicly traded company Shikun and Binui in the submission of the winning tender for the first public-private partnership flood management project in North America.

Globes

“Metro Flood Diversion Authority Selects Red River Valley Alliance as P3 Partner” – Partners Adv. Zvi Nixon and Adv. Lauren Sobel represented US subsidiaries of the Israeli publicly traded company Shikun and Binui in the submission of the winning tender for the first public-private partnership flood management project in North America.

yahoo finance

After outcry, Israeli museum calls off sale of Islamic art

Washington Post

“Vanishing in the Desert, Traditional Bedouin Culture Lives Online” Partner Leora Kesten Roth represented the National Library of Israel in the deposit of this significant collection at the National Library.

NY Times

The first edition of The Art Law Review, a comprehensive international legal and practical guide to the world of art, has been published. The firm’s Cultural Property and Art Law Department, led by partner Meir Heller, and together with attorneys Keren Abelow, Talila Devir and assisted by Niv Goldberg, contributed a comprehensive review of the legal status in Israel. A must-read for any jurist, collector, auction house and art dealer.

Law Reviews

2022

“Heirs Sue Israel Museum to Recover 14th Century Manuscript They Claim Is ‘Stolen’” – Partner Meir Heller and Adv. Keren Abelow represent the family suing the Israel Museum

ARTnews

“Israel Museum in Jerusalem sued by Jewish heirs of Holocaust victim over valuable manuscript” – Partner Meir Heller and Adv. Keren Abelow represent the family suing the Israeli Museum

the art newspaper

2023

“Deal Reached With Israeli Gov’t to Protect National Library’s Independence” – Managing Partner Zvi Nixon represented the National Library in this issue

Haaretz