Dr. Uri Benoliel

Uri Benoliel is an Assistant Professor at the Academic Center for Law and Business. In 2006, he received his J.S.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law (Dissertation Grade: High Honors). In 2005, he received his LL.M. from Columbia Law School (Stone Honors). In 2003, he received his LL.B. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Magna Cum Laude; Dean’s list in all academic years). He was a law clerk for Justice Theodore Or at the Supreme Court of Israel and for Judge Dr. Drora Pilpel at the District Court of Tel-Aviv.

Among his publications:

Academic Publications

Rethinking the U.S. Supreme Court's Abandonment Requirement in Mac's Shell Service v. Shell Oil Products, 43 Rutgers Law Journal (forthcoming 2012)

Distribution Contract Termination: Ambiguity in Present Law and the Need for Legislation, Hukim (The Journal of Legislation) (forthcoming, 2012)

Criticizing the Economic Analysis of Franchise Encroachment Law, 75 Albany Law Review (2011, forthcoming)

The Behavioral Law and Economics of Franchise Tying Contracts, forthcoming in 41 Rutgers Law Journal (2010)

Reputation Life Cycle: The Case of Franchising, 13 Chapman Law Review 1 (2009)

The Expectation of Continuity Effect and Franchise Termination Laws: A Behavioral Perspective, 46 American Business Law Journal 139 (2009)

Rethinking the Distributor-Manufacturer Fiduciary Relationship: A Marketing Channels Perspective, 45 American Business Law Journal 187 (2008).

Other Legal Publications

Can the Gas Entrepreneurs Sue Israel?, Globes (13.6.2011)

The Case against Mandatory Arbitration, Globes (23.3.2011)

Apropos Barak, Globes (9.3.2011)

Are You Ready for the Behavioral Antitrust Approach? (with Theodore L. Banks), Bloomberg Law Reports: Antitrust & Trade (October 2010)

Research Interests: Contract Law; Law and Economics; Franchise and Distribution Law.

Email: urib@clb.ac.il