Adv. Dor Liond coordinates the firm’s activity in the fields of defamation, media and communications, intellectual property, internet law and digital information law.
Dor is a litigator with approximately 20 years of experience representing media organizations, newspapers, news websites, journalists, commercial companies and public figures in complex proceedings involving defamation, copyright, privacy, class actions, consumer protection, media and digital law. His experience includes handling defamation and copyright claims, representing clients in class actions in the fields of consumer protection and media, and representing clients in proceedings with public and administrative-law aspects, including petitions to the High Court of Justice.
Alongside his litigation practice, Dor provides ongoing, close legal counsel to media organizations, newspapers and news websites, broadcasters and production companies. In this capacity, he advises on journalistic publications from the early stages of their development and counsels editors, reporters, producers and managers on the full range of relevant issues, including defamation, privacy, copyright, journalistic privilege, publication bans, freedom of information, journalistic ethics and legal risk management in publication.
Dor has a deep understanding of the business and technological environment in which media and content organizations operate. He also advises them on strategic issues relating to the development of their digital activity, the commercial use of content and data, licensing and distribution models, and the relationships among content owners, technology platforms and artificial intelligence systems. In this framework, he advises, among other things, on content licensing and use agreements, data transactions in the AI space, engagements with technology and software providers, advertising, distribution and commercial cooperation agreements, publishing agreements, regulatory issues in the communications and internet fields, and event and conference production agreements.
Dor completed his internship at S. Horowitz & Co., where he practiced litigation in administrative law, planning and construction.
Certified mediator by the National Mediation Institute of the Israel Bar Association.
LL.B., Tel Aviv University; MBA, IDC Herzliya — now Reichman University.
Admitted to the Israel Bar in 2006.
In the Media:
- Threatened by the AI industry? Do not wait for regulation (article by Adv. Dor Liond, Calcalist)
- Britain loosens the reins on artificial intelligence and publishers fight back (article by Adv. Dor Liond, Mako)
- Haaretz website wins major claim: Rotter.net to pay NIS 940,000 (ICE)
- Copyright claim against Haaretz dismissed regarding photograph documenting Barak at Epstein’s residence (TheMarker)
- Fair use in publishing a follow-up news item based on a photograph (The Seventh Eye)
- Supreme Court issues order nisi in petitions against the government decision to boycott Haaretz (The Seventh Eye)
- Court dismisses defamation claim against News 13 and orders the plaintiff to pay NIS 78,000 (ICE)
- Dismissal of SLAPP claim against Reshet 13 and reporter Aviad Glickman (Posta)
- Statement of defense for Keshet and Haim Etgar in a defamation claim filed by Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir (The Seventh Eye)
- Supreme Court permits “Hamakor” to publish documentation from the police interrogation of the late Shaya Segal (Maariv)
- Following the appeal to the District Court: “Kikar HaShabbat” ordered to pay “Haaretz” for copying articles (The Seventh Eye)
- Businessman Eyal Segal files NIS 500,000 defamation claim against Eli Tabib (Walla)
- Eyal Segal, former owner of Maccabi Netanya, sues Pudi Halfon for NIS 600,000 over defamatory publications (ONE)
- Victory for Lior Schleien in a defamation action against a screenwriter who admitted that he had lied (Globes)
- Avner Hofstein’s defamation claim against Haim Levinson and Reshet 13 dismissed with costs (Haaretz)
- Following the “Politically Corret” investigation, Hofstein’s defamation claim dismissed (HaMakom Hachi Ham Bagehinom)
- After claim against News 13 over criticism of the racist taxi video was dismissed, the appeal was also withdrawn (ICE)
- Shimon Riklin to apologize to Merav Michaeli and compensate her financially (The Seventh Eye)
- Ashkelon Mayor Tomer Glam to apologize to Merav Michaeli and make a donation after publishing defamatory statements (The Seventh Eye)
- “Retract and apologize”: Merav Michaeli threatens to sue Tomer Glam (Kan Darom)
- Channel 13 presenter withdraws defamation claim filed against News 13 (The Seventh Eye)
- Reshet 13 statement of defense against Hanamel Dorfman’s claim (The Seventh Eye)
- “Copyright in a work does not belong to the photographed subject” — dismissal of appeal in copyright matter (The Seventh Eye)
- Haaretz threatens to sue company that caused it to be marked as “pirate” in Google search engine (Walla)
- Trademark infringement and passing-off claim alleging impersonation online of the financial content website (The Seventh Eye)
- TheMarker claim against Office Depot alleging unauthorized use of a trade name in an advertisement (Walla)
- Representation of the “Akhbar Ha’ir” website in a copyright claim against a photo agency over paparazzi photographs of Bar Refaeli (Globes)
- Representation of journalist Haim Levinson against a claim by Dor Refaeli concerning publication of a phone number (Walla)
- Trademarks and symbols of sports clubs (Haaretz)
- Copyright claims in sports broadcasts (TheMarker)
- Knesset Economic Affairs Committee discussions on copyright legislation (Haaretz)
- Interview with Adv. Dor Liond on Calcalist concerning a District Court judgment under the Freedom of Information Law
- Copyright — a matter of access: the ZIRA claim against Telegram
- Article by Adv. Dor Liond — the importance of drafting publishing agreements from a copyright perspective
- Article by Adv. Dor Liond — five common mistakes in copyright claims
- Article by Adv. Dor Liond — when to sue, and when not to sue, for defamation? (Calcalist)
- Article by Adv. Dor Liond — the Press Bill (2007)
- Petition against the Israel Football Association — requiring clubs to publish financial reports to the public (ONE)
- Teams should publish detailed financial reports (Sport5/Calcalist)
- “Where is the money? The football version” (Israel Hayom)
- Transparency arrangements in the Israel Football Association (Calcalist)
- Proposed amendment to the Sports Law — financial and managerial transparency (Calcalist)
פסקי דין בולטים:
- CC 2696-20-29 Haaretz Newspaper Publishing Ltd. v. Rotter.net Ltd. et al.
Contributory and indirect infringement of the rights of making available to the public and reproduction. - CC 2365-10-19 Jason Donelly v. Haaretz Newspaper Publishing Ltd.
Copyright — fair use of a paparazzi photograph for journalistic reporting. - CC 63319-07-22 Yehuda Peretz v. Aviad Glickman et al.
Defamation — the significance of a subject’s response to a request for comment before a journalistic publication. - CC 59951-01-22 Hofstein v. Politically Corret, Reshet Media, Haim Levinson et al.
Defamation — liability of a broadcaster for statements made by an interviewee and for sharing a journalistic publication on a social network. - CC 1121/07 Liora Glatt-Berkowitz v. Baruch Kra et al.
Journalistic privilege and protection of journalistic sources. - AdminA 6674/20 Schocken Network v. Israel Football Association et al.
Freedom of Information — financial information of football clubs. - Originating Motion (Tel Aviv) 39806-07-15 The “Yatzia” Association v. Israel Football Association
Sports and administrative law — duty to publish financial statements of football clubs. - Originating Motion (Tel Aviv) 1233/06 Yaakov Leibowitz et al. v. Israel Football Association et al.
Sports and administrative law — standing of football fans in matters relating to their clubs.
