Class Actions
Head to head with corporations and the Israeli authorities.
When a number of consumers, employees or users join to form a class of plaintiffs, this poses a potential threat to the defendant organization. Collective legal action also often entails business and public image considerations. An organization or government agency, when sued, will recruit the best legal minds and public relations experts to have the claim rejected in limine, to prove that it does not meet the criteria for approval of a class action, or to fight it in both the media and the court. Therefore, the representatives of groups of wronged individuals must be prepared for both the scale and the complexities of such legal action, as well as to the methods of operation and disproportional strength of the defendant organization.
(For more examples, see our blog.)
Our firm's services in the class actions field are:
Authority Overcharges, Antitrust & Securities, Negligence involved of Service Provider, Retail, Banking & Insurance.
Willing to speak up on behalf of a group of victims? You are not alone. ES, Eli Shimony Attorney-at-law, will help you determine whether the preconditions are met for a class action in Israel. Afterwards, we will assess the action's chances of success (and the risks) for you. If we decide to take the case, we will carry out preliminary research and draft and file with the court our letter of claim. Usually the success of the plaintiff class in court is the principle that guides us in deciding whether to settle or manage the case through to its conclusion.