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Class Action 30633-05-18 Smuelitz v. Korean Air Co., Ltd Our firm successfully represented Korean Air in a motion to certify a class action suit alleging a failure to refund airport taxes on unused flight tickets. As part of its motion, the plaintiffs requested that Korean Air automatically reimburse airport taxes for unused flight tickets, and pay substantial monetary compensation, for failure to reimburse. In response, FISCHER argued against the automatic refunding of airport taxes based on provisions set forth in the contract between passengers and the airline, including a notice requirement and an applications submittal requirement...

Further to the decline of the Covid-19 spread in Israel after the successful vaccination rollout, Israel has announced changes in foreign entry policy into the country, which will allow, among others, the regular entry of foreign experts and businessmen. These reliefs come after several months in which the state borders were almost completely closed to foreigners. According to the new policy, foreign experts' entry into the country will be approved, subject to the approval of the relevant government ministry. Also, entry of foreign workers' in the agriculture and construction industries will be approved, including the entry of foreign workers who visited their home...

FBC partner and head of Banking & Finance practice, Miri Kimhi was recognized among the IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2020. According to the IFLR, Women Leaders are the leading female transactional lawyers in the world; these lawyers have impressive track records and are consistently recommended by clients and peers for the quality of their advice and service. Please see here and here. FBC partner and member of the Competition and Antitrust practice, Ziv Schwartz was named to the Global Competition Review (GCR) 40 under 40 list of the world’s top young antitrust lawyers and economists...

FBC was recognized as Israel Law Firm of the Year by IFLR and received the highest rankings from Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. "It is very significant that the rankings are mainly based on client recommendations," says Adv. Reuven Behar. The Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co law firm (FBC) recently received outstanding recognition from the three most prestigious international law firm ranking guides: Legal 500, IFLR (International Financial Law Review), and Chambers and Partners, which all placed FBC at the top of their rankings of Israeli law firms. The recently released Legal 500 guide ranks FBC at the top of the list of Israeli firms for 2020...