Our firm is representing an international pharmaceutical company and its Israeli executives in a motion to certify a class action claiming approximately NIS 225 million in monetary relief. This week, the court issued a ruling in the case accepting our motion to dismiss the certification request outright due to lack of standing. In a novel and reasoned decision, the Honorable Judge Dr. Guy Shani analyzed the concept of the “indirect consumer” in competition law and accepted our position that the petitioners in the case do not qualify as “indirect consumers,” and that their alleged damage is, at most, “ricochet damage.” Based on this conclusion, the certification request was dismissed outright, and the petitioners were ordered to pay NIS 20,000 in legal costs to our clients.
June 09, 2025
