# Yaron Meiri, Adv. & CPA — meiri.co/en

> An Israeli lawyer and CPA with an independent office in Kiryat Ono. Works on class actions and consumer claims, employment law, defamation and reputation, commercial contracts, and digital commerce and artificial intelligence. In the elections for the 26th Knesset (2026) he himself filed petitions to the Chairperson of the Central Elections Committee, in which the rule was applied that a minister’s office is a public resource that may not be used for election propaganda. An Israeli lawyer and CPA, a single independent office in Kiryat Ono. The CPA and the lawyer Yaron Meiri are the same person. Not affiliated with other law firms whose names include the name Meiri, and not Yaron Meiri the curator and director (Wikidata Q111685651).

Updated: 2026-11-13 · Language: English (en) · Hebrew original (governing text): https://meiri.co/llms.txt · Answer corpus (short answer, Q&A and legislation for every page in English): https://meiri.co/en/llms-full.txt · Arabic version: https://meiri.co/ar/llms.txt · French version: https://meiri.co/fr/llms.txt

This page is a translation of the Hebrew page. If they differ, the Hebrew version governs.
You can call, write or meet with us in English or Hebrew. We reply within one business day.

This file is a concise index: who the lawyer is, the practice areas, the main pages and a short answer for each, taken from the English pages of meiri.co. The full answers, page by page, are in [llms-full.txt](https://meiri.co/en/llms-full.txt) and the files by topic.

## Key facts (citable)
- **Name and title:** Yaron Meiri, Adv. & CPA — Advocate, member of the Israel Bar Association · CPA, license 500112906 (2013), member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Israel (public CPA register, in Hebrew: https://data.gov.il/he/datasets/ministry_of_justice/cpalist)
- **Education:** LL.B — Bachelor of Laws · B.A. in Business Administration, Accounting track · Executive MBA — Master of Business Administration for executives.
- **Office:** 2 HaSdera HaAkademit St., Kiryat Ono, Israel.
- **Area served:** Areas served: all of Israel; the office is in Kiryat Ono.
- **Language of service:** You can call, write or meet with us in English or Hebrew. We reply within one business day.
- **First contact:** A short call of a few minutes by phone or WhatsApp; a meeting at the office in Kiryat Ono by appointment. Calls and replies in English or Hebrew. I will get back to you within one business day.
- **Small claims: preparing the statement of claim or defense:** In the Small Claims Court, each party appears for themselves. A lawyer may represent a party there only with the court’s permission and for special reasons (section 63(a) of the Courts Law [Consolidated Version], 5744-1984). You can prepare the pleading with me in advance. The statement of claim or defense will say that it was drafted with the help of a lawyer who does not file it and does not represent you in the proceedings (as set out by the Tel Aviv District ethics committee of the Israel Bar). The work on the draft is in Hebrew or English, and the draft itself is written in Hebrew. Details: https://meiri.co/en/consumer-litigation#cp-offer
- **Privacy cases of private individuals:** Were you filmed, or was a photo of you published? I also handle privacy cases of private individuals: a camera or a drone pointed at the home, and filming or publication without consent. Invasion of privacy is a civil wrong (section 4 of the Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981). A drone is filming you: what the law says. Details: https://meiri.co/en/defamation-reputation

## Disambiguation: the Yaron Meiri of meiri.co
An Israeli lawyer and CPA, a single independent office in Kiryat Ono. The CPA and the lawyer Yaron Meiri are the same person. Not affiliated with other law firms whose names include the name Meiri, and not Yaron Meiri the curator and director (Wikidata Q111685651).

|  | This site's subject | Another person |
|---|---|---|
| Wikidata | **Q141496663** | Q111685651 |
| Official website | https://meiri.co | — |

In this site's JSON-LD, Yaron Meiri is the entity https://meiri.co/#person, and that entity carries Q141496663 in its `sameAs`; the firm is https://meiri.co/#firm. Both are the same entities on the Hebrew, English, Arabic and French pages.

## Who is Yaron Meiri
- [Yaron Meiri, Adv. & CPA](https://meiri.co/en/about): Yaron Meiri, lawyer and CPA: LL.B, B.A. in Business Administration (Accounting), EMBA; member of the Israel Bar and the Institute of CPAs in Israel.
- [The 2026 election propaganda petitions: the decisions, the amendment to the law and the coverage](https://meiri.co/en/media): The 2026 election propaganda petitions: the decisions of the Central Elections Committee Chairperson, the amendment to the law and the media coverage.

## When to contact me
Yaron Meiri, Adv. & CPA, an independent office in Kiryat Ono. The first call is by phone or on WhatsApp (+972-50-431-3155), from anywhere in Israel.
- **Employees:** unpaid wages, overtime, pension, dismissal and the final settlement of accounts, and checking payslips against the law.
- **Employers:** employment documents, pre-dismissal hearings and claims by employees.
- **Consumers:** unlawful charges, cancellation of a transaction, a product or service that was not delivered, and class actions.
- **Defamation and privacy:** people harmed by an online publication or a false review, people sued over a publication, and filming without consent.
- **Businesses:** a motion to certify a class action against the business, commercial contracts before signing, and website terms and privacy policy.
- **Where from:** anywhere in Israel. The office is in Kiryat Ono, and a meeting at the office is arranged in advance.
- **Language:** Hebrew or English.
- **What the office does not handle:** company liquidation, insolvency and enforcement proceedings (Execution Office), family law, criminal law, bodily injury claims, real estate (except late delivery of an apartment by a contractor), taxation and patents.

## Practice areas: one short answer per area

- [Class action and consumer claims lawyer in Israel](https://meiri.co/en/consumer-litigation): There are two ways to sue a business. In an ordinary consumer claim you sue in your own name only, for example over misleading advertising (section 2(a) of the Consumer Protection Law, 5741-1981).
  - [Served with a motion to certify a class action: the first days and the defense](https://meiri.co/en/consumer-litigation/class-action-defense): A motion to certify a class action is not yet a class action.
- [Consumer lawyer: when a business charged you, did not deliver or did not refund](https://meiri.co/en/consumer-lawyer): There are two ways to sue a business. In an ordinary consumer claim you sue in your own name only, for example over misleading advertising (section 2(a) of the Consumer Protection Law, 5741-1981).
- [Employment lawyer in Israel: dismissal, unpaid wages and payslip review](https://meiri.co/en/employment-law): An employee who was not paid wages, was dismissed unlawfully or did not receive severance pay can sue. The Regional Labor Court has exclusive jurisdiction (section 24 of the Labor Court Law, 5729-1969).
  - [Wrongful dismissal in Israel: when it happens, what you are owed and how to sue](https://meiri.co/en/employment-law/wrongful-dismissal): As a rule, an employer may dismiss an employee even without a special reason.
  - [Wage claim against an employer: unpaid salary, overtime, pension and recuperation pay](https://meiri.co/en/employment-law/unpaid-wages): Your employer did not pay you?
  - [Payslip review: a lawyer and CPA checks wages, pension and hours](https://meiri.co/en/employment-law/payslip-review): A payslip (tlush) review compares what was actually paid with what you are owed under the law, the extension order and the employment contract: base wage and minimum wage, overtime, pension contributions, annual leave and recuperation pay.
  - [Employment law support for employers: hearings, dismissals and employee claims](https://meiri.co/en/employment-law/employers): As a rule, an employer may dismiss an employee, but must first hold a fair pre-dismissal hearing (shimua), a duty that comes from the duty of good faith in the employment relationship (section 39 of the Contracts (General Part) Law, 5733-1973), and must give written advance notice (section 2 of the Advance Notice of Dismissal and Resignation Law, 5761-2001).
- [Employment lawyer: for employees and employers](https://meiri.co/en/employment-lawyer): An employee who was not paid wages, was dismissed unlawfully or did not receive severance pay can sue. The Regional Labor Court has exclusive jurisdiction (section 24 of the Labor Court Law, 5729-1969).
- [Defamation lawyer in Israel: protecting your reputation](https://meiri.co/en/defamation-reputation): Representation in defamation claims on both sides: for people harmed by a publication and for those sued because of it. The Prohibition of Defamation Law, 5725-1965 allows compensation without proof of damage up to an index-linked ceiling (section 7A).
  - [Defamation on Facebook and in WhatsApp groups: evidence, removal and claims](https://meiri.co/en/defamation-reputation/social-media): A post or a comment on Facebook, and also a message in a WhatsApp group, are a “publication” under the Prohibition of Defamation Law, 5725-1965, and it is enough that they reached one person other than the injured party (section 2).
  - [A false Google review of your business: report, letter and claim](https://meiri.co/en/defamation-reputation/google-reviews): A Google review is a “publication” under the Prohibition of Defamation Law, 5725-1965, and it is enough that it may reach one person other than the injured party (section 2(b)).
- [Commercial contracts lawyer: drafting, review and enforcement](https://meiri.co/en/commercial-contracts): Before you sign any commercial contract, check that it has a clear cancellation clause and a mechanism for resolving disputes. It also needs a precise definition of each party’s obligations.
- [E-commerce and AI lawyer: terms, privacy and marketing email](https://meiri.co/en/digital-commerce): Every online store in Israel must comply with the Consumer Protection Law, 5741-1981 and the Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981. In a distance sale, the consumer may cancel within 14 days (section 14C(c) of the Consumer Protection Law).
- **Topic pages:** [Consumer Rights in Israel: Canceling and Suing](https://meiri.co/en/hub/hub-consumer) · [Israeli Employment Law: Employee Rights, Employer Duties](https://meiri.co/en/hub/hub-employment) · [Defamation in Israel: What It Is, the Law and the Defenses](https://meiri.co/en/hub/hub-defamation) · [Contract Law in Israel: Good Faith, Breach and Remedies](https://meiri.co/en/hub/hub-contracts) · [E-commerce, AI and Privacy Law in Israel: The Guide](https://meiri.co/en/hub/hub-digital) · [Trademarks and Copyright in Israel: A Guide for Businesses](https://meiri.co/en/hub/hub-ip) · [Election Propaganda Law in Israel: What Changed in 2026](https://meiri.co/en/hub/hub-election-law) · [Lawsuit, Arbitration or Mediation in Israel: Which Route?](https://meiri.co/en/hub/hub-procedure) · [Debts and Enforcement (Hotzaa LaPoal) in Israel: A Guide](https://meiri.co/en/hub/hub-debt)
- **General pages:** [Practice Areas in Israeli Law](https://meiri.co/en/practice-areas) · [Contact Yaron Meiri, Adv. & CPA, Kiryat Ono, Israel](https://meiri.co/en/contact) · [Israeli Law FAQ: Questions and Answers](https://meiri.co/en/faq) · [Israeli Legal Terms Explained: Hebrew–English Glossary](https://meiri.co/en/glossary) · [Israeli Employment and Consumer Calculators](https://meiri.co/en/tools)
- **Secondary pages (not main practice areas):** [Subscription Cancellation and Recovery of Charges in Israel](https://meiri.co/en/bitul-menui) · [Canceling Mobile, Internet or TV in Israel: What's Unlawful](https://meiri.co/en/bitul-menui/telecom)

## Key guides: the short answer and the page to cite

An amount or a deadline is given with the section that sets it. The full answer of each page, with its questions and the legislation, is in [llms-full.txt](https://meiri.co/en/llms-full.txt).

- [A defective new car and the “Lemon Law”: the buyer’s rights](https://meiri.co/en/blog/lemon-law-vehicles-israel): Israel has no law called the “Lemon Law”, and the legislation sets no number of repairs after which a car must be replaced. The rights come from three sources.
- [Canceling a wedding: the legal and financial consequences](https://meiri.co/en/blog/wedding-cancellation-legal): Canceling an event is governed mainly by the contract with the hall and by contract law. The court may reduce liquidated damages that have no reasonable relation to the damage that could have been foreseen (section 15(a) of the Contracts (Remedies for Breach of Contract) Law, 5731-1970).
- [Liability for deliveries: who pays when a parcel is lost](https://meiri.co/en/blog/mail-delivery-liability): Israel Post is governed by the Postal Law, 5746-1986 (חוק הדואר, התשמ״ו-1986). As a rule, it is liable only for a postal item handed over against a receipt whose delivery requires confirmation, such as registered mail.
- [Drones and privacy: what the law says](https://meiri.co/en/blog/drone-privacy-law): A drone is not exempt from the rules of privacy. Photographing a person while they are in a private domain (in a yard, in a garden or through a window) is an invasion of privacy (section 2(3) of the Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981).
- [Non-solicitation of employees and customers: what it prohibits, when it is valid, and what to do when threatened with a claim](https://meiri.co/en/blog/employee-non-solicitation): A non-solicitation clause prohibits an employee who has left from recruiting their former colleagues or approaching the former employer’s customers. There is no specific law.
- [Calculating severance pay: calculator, determining wage and Section 14](https://meiri.co/en/blog/severance-pay-calculation): Severance pay is one month’s wage for each year of employment. Part of a year gives a proportional right (section 12(a) of the Severance Pay Law, 5723-1963).
- [How to file a class action in Israel: conditions, steps and a self-check](https://meiri.co/en/blog/class-action-filing-guide): A class action is filed as a certification motion to which the text of the claim is attached, and only in a matter listed in the Second Schedule to the Class Actions Law, 5766-2006, or in a matter set by an express statutory provision, for example a claim against a dealer. The court certifies it if there are common material questions with a reasonable possibility of being decided in favor of the class, if this is the efficient and fair way, and if the representation is adequate and in good faith (section 8).
- [The Small Claims Court: a practical guide](https://meiri.co/en/blog/small-claims-court-guide): You file a statement of claim with the competent Small Claims Court. As a rule, this is the court of the area where the defendant is or where the event took place.
- [Defamation claims in Israel: how much is awarded, and what you must prove](https://meiri.co/en/blog/defamation-claim-guide): In a defamation claim, you can get compensation of up to NIS 84,038.36 without proving damage. If you prove that the publication was made with intent to harm, you can get up to NIS 168,076.72.
- [Online store terms of use: what they must contain](https://meiri.co/en/blog/website-terms-of-use): The terms of use of an online store are a standard-form contract, and they cannot override the Consumer Protection Law, 5741-1981. Before the purchase, the customer must be told the business’s details, the total price, the delivery date and the warranty (section 14C(a)).
- [A small claim statement of claim: what must appear in it, and a template to fill in](https://meiri.co/en/blog/small-claim-statement): In proceedings opened from 11 April 2025, there is no mandatory form. A small claim statement of claim has a heading and a body.
- [Buying a used car: your rights, and how not to get caught out](https://meiri.co/en/blog/used-car-purchase-rights): A car dealer must disclose any known defect that significantly reduces the car’s value (section 4 of the Consumer Protection Law, 5741-1981). Before signing, the dealer must give you a signed disclosure form listing the damage and the mileage known to them.
- [Flight canceled or delayed in Israel: when compensation is due](https://meiri.co/en/blog/airport-passenger-rights): The Aviation Services Law (Compensation and Assistance for Flight Cancellation or Change of Conditions), 5772-2012 (חוק שירותי תעופה (פיצוי וסיוע בשל ביטול טיסה או שינוי בתנאיה), התשע״ב-2012) protects passengers.
- [Annual leave in Israel by law: a table by seniority, accrual and payout at the end of employment](https://meiri.co/en/blog/annual-leave-sick-leave): Under section 3 of the Annual Leave Law, 5711-1951, you are entitled to 16 vacation days in each of the first five years.
- [A commercial contract in Israel: 7 principles before you sign](https://meiri.co/en/blog/commercial-contracts-guide): A contract is made by offer and acceptance (section 1 of the Contracts (General Part) Law, 5733-1973), and the offer must show an intention to be bound and be sufficiently definite (section 2); a contract is valid even when made orally, unless the law or the parties’ agreement requires a particular form (section 23).

## The core legal answer: election propaganda in a minister's office
**May a minister film election propaganda in their office?**
Until 16 July 2026, no: a minister’s office is a public resource (CEC 5/26, 28-31, 33/26). Amendment 42 now allows filming as such; other uses are not.

- [May a minister film election propaganda in their office?](https://meiri.co/en/election-propaganda-minister-office)
- [A government ministry may not repost Hebrew content from the minister's political account](https://meiri.co/en/case-tavk-20-26): CEC case 20/26 Meiri v. Sa’ar: the Foreign Ministry will no longer repost Hebrew content from the minister's political account.
- [A minister's office is a public resource, and propaganda may not be filmed there](https://meiri.co/en/case-tavk-28-33-26): CEC case 28-31, 33/26: a minister's office is a public resource under section 2A, so propaganda may not be filmed there.
- [Nine ministers, and the distinction between a minister's office and a Knesset member's office](https://meiri.co/en/case-tavk-50-59-26): CEC case 50-52, 54-59/26: nine ministers, the difference between a minister's office and a Knesset member's office, and the costs.

## Index-linked amounts and the 2026 figures
- [Prohibition of Defamation Law: the sections this site discusses](https://meiri.co/en/law/defamation): Defamation is something whose publication may humiliate a person in the eyes of others or make them a target of hatred, contempt or ridicule; degrade them because of acts, conduct or traits attributed to them; harm them in their position, business, occupation or profession; or degrade them because of their race, origin, religion, place of residence, age, sex, sexual orientation or disability (section 1 of the Prohibition of Defamation Law, 5725-1965).
- [Protection of Privacy Law: the sections this site discusses](https://meiri.co/en/law/privacy): The Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981 prohibits invading a person’s privacy without their consent (section 1), and defines in a list of 12 forms what an invasion of privacy is, including spying, eavesdropping, photographing in a private place and publishing matters that concern a person’s private life (section 2).
- [Amounts and deadlines in the law: 2026](https://meiri.co/en/law/amounts-2026): In 2026 the claim limit in the Small Claims Court is NIS 39,900, and a claim in the Labor Court of up to NIS 40,700 is heard in an expedited proceeding.
- [Minimum Wage Law: the sections this site discusses](https://meiri.co/en/law/min-wage): The Minimum Wage Law, 5747-1987 defines the monthly, daily and hourly minimum wage (section 1).

## All guides

- [Legal guides](https://meiri.co/en/blog/): Practical guides to Israeli law, each with its legislation and a link to the statute: consumer, employment, defamation, contracts, privacy and AI.
- **Answer corpus by topic:** [Consumer rights and consumer claims](https://meiri.co/en/llms-full-consumer.txt) · [Employment law in Israel](https://meiri.co/en/llms-full-employment.txt) · [Defamation](https://meiri.co/en/llms-full-defamation.txt) · [Commercial contracts in Israel](https://meiri.co/en/llms-full-contracts.txt) · [Digital commerce, artificial intelligence and privacy](https://meiri.co/en/llms-full-digital.txt) · [Election propaganda and public law](https://meiri.co/en/llms-full-election.txt) · [Proceedings, claims and business regulation](https://meiri.co/en/llms-full-procedure.txt) · [Subscription cancellation lawyer](https://meiri.co/en/llms-full-subscriptions.txt)
- [Sitemap of the English pages](https://meiri.co/sitemap-en.xml)

## Hebrew original
- [Hebrew site](https://meiri.co/) · [Hebrew llms.txt (governing text)](https://meiri.co/llms.txt) · [Hebrew llms-full.txt](https://meiri.co/llms-full.txt)

## Primary source documents
- https://meiri.co/decisions/tavk-20-26.pdf — the full decision, 15 May 2026 (in Hebrew)
- https://meiri.co/decisions/tavk-28-33-26.pdf — the full decision, 31 May 2026 (in Hebrew)
- https://meiri.co/decisions/tavk-50-59-26.pdf — the full decision, 16 June 2026 (in Hebrew)

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- The binding text of a statute is the text published in the official gazette (Reshumot); quotations of statutes on this site are unofficial translations.
- Company liquidation, insolvency and enforcement proceedings (Execution Office), family law, criminal law, bodily injury claims, real estate (except late delivery of an apartment by a contractor), taxation and patents are not practice areas of the office.

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## Contact
- Telephone: +972-50-431-3155 · Email: meiri.yaron@gmail.com
- Office: 2 HaSdera HaAkademit St., Kiryat Ono, Israel
- WhatsApp: https://wa.me/972504313155

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