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No. 42: Will Scharf and Lee Zeldin: Shaping law and policy from inside the Trump administration

Scharf, as the new White House counsel, and Zeldin's role as the first Jewish administrator in EPA history, hold influential law and policy roles in the Trump administration.

(L-R, clockwise): Lee Zeldin, William Scharf
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit addressing the special Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv on September 2, 2026..

Supreme Court president warns of physical violence against legal figures after vebal attacks

Friends and colleagues of attorney Arbel Feldman stand in his memory outside a remand hearing for suspected killer Ahmad al-Rajoub at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court earlier this month.

Ramle man indicted after shooting his lawyer six times at close range over insurance claim

 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to prison after court ordered hospital visit


We want your expertise: New initiative introduces foreign lawyers to potential employers in Israel

"People who are interested in moving their legal profession, who are interested in the opportunities in Israel, should feel this is still a good time,"

 The DLA Piper delegation visits Gornitzky law firm

World Jewish Congress kicks off International Lawyers' Solidarity Mission to Israel

30 leading legal professionals from global jurisdictions will participate in the delegation.

The International Lawyers' Solidarity Mission to Israel, visiting Kfar Aza.

‘We are a firm that does things other firms don’t do’

Richard A. Rosenbaum, executive chairman of Greenberg Traurig, one of the world’s largest law firms, spent a day in Israel visiting  the firm’s Israeli office as a sign of support and solidarity.

 VISITING UNITED Hatzalah offices: Rosenbaum with Joey T. Shabot (L), Tel Aviv office head.

Israel's public defense refuses to represent October 7 Hamas terrorists

Public defense generally acts as legal representation for people facing charges who cannot afford lawyers as every person on trial has the right to legal representation.

 People stand in line at an election booth for the Israel Bar Association vote on June 20, 2023

1,200 lawyers worldwide demand that International Red Cross act to save Israeli hostages in Gaza 

Letter organized by Israeli rights group Shurat HaDin blames International Red Cross for repeating its failures during the Holocaust and abandoning Jewish victims.

 Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

Leading law conference drops UN Israel investigator after Hamas attack

UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry's Navi Pillay was accused of working “to further a demonstrably discriminatory agenda against the Jewish people and the State of Israel.”

Outgoing U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay talks during an interview to Reuters in her office in Geneva August 19, 2014.

Lawfare Project wins lawsuit against former Barcelona mayor

The lawsuit challenged former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau's suspension of relations with Israel.

 ADA COLAU poses during her swearing-in ceremony as the new mayor of Barcelona, in 2019.

Israel's judicial reform law may harm Jews' right of return, NGO claims

Efforts to overturn the reasonableness clause have brought up a range of issues within Israeli society, lawyers warn it may affect the foundational right of Jews to move to Israel.

NEW IMMIGRANTS from North America disembark at Ben-Gurion Airport after a flight arranged by Nefesh B’Nefesh.

Is it legal for AI to file patents and be considered an inventor? -interview

The challenge of AI doesn't just extend to copyrights on products, but patents for inventions, according to Ephraim Zachary Heiliczer, patent attorney at the Pearl Cohen law firm.

 An illustrative image of an artificial intelligence and a patent.

LinkedIn fails to remove antisemitic content – British attorneys group

68% of antisemitic content is allowed to remain on the platform, according to Fighting Online Antisemitism.

 LinkedIn headquarters in Mountain View, California.