Class Actions

EBN’s Dispute Resolution Department has extensive expertise in representing clients in class action proceedings across a wide range of civil and commercial law matters.
The firm is among the pioneers in Israel in utilizing class action mechanisms in their various forms. Over the years, the firm has been involved in some of the largest and most influential class actions in Israeli legal history, with court decisions in these cases serving as milestones in the development of class action jurisprudence in Israel.

The firm has represented many of Israel’s most significant corporations, as well as international companies, in dozens of class actions filed against them. Representative clients in this field include Bezeq, YES (Satellite Television Services), Rami Levy Shivuk Hashikma, Yelin-Lapidot, Plaxi Israel Ltd. (Cibus), Tadiran, Goldman Sachs, IDI Insurance (Direct Insurance), PwC Israel, Epic Games, ELNA, and others.

In addition, the firm has represented plaintiffs in significant class actions, including claims against Google and Apple, the State of Israel regarding state bonds, and the Teachers’ and Kindergarten Teachers’ Provident Fund, among others.

• Representing YES, one of Israel’s two significant multichannel television providers, in all class actions filed against it, spanning a wide range of legal fields and totaling billions of NIS.

• Representing Bezeq, Israel’s largest telecommunications company, in numerous class actions filed against it across diverse areas valued in the hundreds of millions of NIS.

• Representing Rami Levy Shivuk Hashikma, Israel’s second-largest retail chain, and its officers in class action certification motions related to securities law.

• Representing PwC Israel in a class action filed against it and the Delek Group for hundreds of millions of NIS, concerning alleged damages to minority unit holders in a merger transaction between two natural gas partnerships that owned the Tamar and Leviathan natural gas reservoirs.

• Representing Nesher, Israel’s largest cement manufacturer, in a class action certification motion for billions of NIS based on alleged violations of antitrust laws.

• Representing Apex Underwriting, which served as the underwriter in a Canadian company’s IPO, in a class action certification motion alleging misleading information in the prospectus.

• Representing Plaxi Israel Ltd. (Cibus) in consumer class actions.

• Representing Yelin-Lapidot in a class action certification motion involving claims regarding its management of provident funds, valued in the hundreds of millions of NIS.

• Representing IDI Insurance (Direct Insurance) in a class action regarding allegations with respect to the automatic renewal of car insurance policies.

• Representing Metro Motor, a leading importer of two-wheeled vehicles, in a class action certification motion alleging violations of licensing and competition laws, valued at tens of millions of NIS.

• Representing Goldman Sachs in a class action certification motion in the field of antitrust, alleging a global banking cartel, with claims totaling hundreds of millions of NIS.

• Representing the Japanese corporation ELNA in a class action certification motion in the field of antitrust, alleging a cartel of Japanese electronics manufacturers, valued in the hundreds of millions of NIS.

• Representing Epic Games in a class action certification motion involving privacy claims regarding alleged user privacy violations in the popular Fortnite video game.

• Representing several companies, including Partner, Nisko, and PwC Israel, in class action certification motions concerning website and securities report accessibility obligations.

• Representing class plaintiffs in two precedent-setting class actions totaling hundreds of millions of USD against Google and Apple, alleging anti-competitive conduct and excessive pricing related to their operation of app stores.