Region: Israel

Israel’s Competition Authority has blocked an Essilor-Luxottica subsidiary’s attempt to purchase a rival eyeglass lens maker because the deal would reduce the number of competitors in the lens manufacturing market from three to two.

28 June 2021

Michal Halperin is stepping down as head of Israel’s Competition Authority seven months before her six-year mandate is up.

24 May 2021

Israel’s Competition Authority has warned Facebook that it might fine the company close to €1.5 million for failing to notify the acquisitions of two online messaging businesses that should have been reported under the country’s merger control rules.

13 May 2021

Taboola has agreed to pay €1.2 million to settle the Israeli competition enforcer’s allegations that it illegally concealed its interference with third-party evidence as the authority reviewed its now-abandoned merger with Outbrain.

31 March 2021

Israel's Competition Authority has filed criminal charges against five elevator companies – including Schindler and Kone – and their directors for allegedly fixing prices for maintenance services.

15 March 2021

Yair Eilat has rejoined Compass Lexecon after spending three years as the chief economist and deputy director-general of Israel’s Competition Authority.

01 March 2021

Israel’s Competition Authority has recommended that the country’s government regulate the conduct of online platforms through a more targeted version of the EU’s platform-to-business regulation.

08 February 2021

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Israel’s competition lawyers remain extremely busy, confronted with domestic and international mergers, an active enforcer and a robust private litigation regime.

11 December 2020

Booking.com has agreed to remove all most-favoured-nation clauses from its contacts with hotels in Israel, following an investigation by the country’s antitrust watchdog.

26 November 2020

A court in Israel has convicted three book distributors and six of their employees for conspiring to raise the price of textbooks provided to low-income schoolchildren.

02 November 2020