Insight

The essence of this article is that risk in contracts can be reduced considerably by simple means through risk analysis and management. The biggest challenge lies not in the method itself, but in training, deeply rooting at the company’s management and the constant repetition of risk analysis throughout the birth, life and death of a […]

The fifth edition of The Aviation Law Review was recently published. Hanne Torkelsen is the chapter author of the Norwegian section.

Read about « your responsibility for datasecurity” , particularly if it could be asserted responsibility for the Board (BOD) of dealing passive to an ever-growing known problem «loss of data integrity “, officers or employees for errors, the BOD control responsibilities under the Norwegian Companies Act, layoffs , the use of instructions for data security is not in itself enough etc.

Lynx law firm has via The Joint Institute for Innovation Policy (JIIP) assisted the European Commission in a study of the Norwegian implementation of regulations on public procurement, in order to make an overall analysis and description of administrative arrangements and country specific settings that impact the effectiveness and cost of Public Procurement procedures.

The essence of this article is that risk in contracts can be reduced considerably by simple means through risk analysis and management. The consequences of missing, or incorrect, risk assessment may be that you suddenly are in breach of the contract. Breach of contract will quickly become costly for both parties.

Norway is not a member state of the EU, but has access to the internal market in Europe through its membership in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the EEA agreement. Norway has implemented the EU procurement directives and is obliged to implement and follow the rules and regulations from EU in this field. The […]

The main principle is full freedom of establishment for businesses in Norway. Norway is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) and through the EEA agreement has to comply with the regulation from EU relating to the four freedoms, which includes freedom of establishment. You do not have to reside in Norway in order […]

What rights do employees have on redundancy in Norway? Employees in Norway have a number of rights in a redundancy situation. The employers need to follow correct procedures in order to avoid potential claims, and careful planning in redundancy situations is recommended to avoid additional burden of costly litigation and claims from employees. Redundancy covers […]

Effective from the 1st of January 2012 Lynx advokatfirma relocated to Hieronymus Heyerdahls gate 1, next to Oslo city hall on Rådhusplassen. The entrance is on the sea side. Telephone and fax numbers are not changed.

Helge Skogseth Berg, who in 2009 and 2010 worked with Eva Joly on the investigation of the Icelandic  bank-collapse has been elected as  a member of the board of the Eva Joly Institute for Justice and Democracy. https://evajolyinstitute.org/

Audun Lillestølen is known as a dedicated laywer who deals with most type of cases regarding business law. He is especially well reputed as a litigator, and as a professional negotiator. He has litigated a number of larger civil and criminal cases. This also includes matters related to personal responsibility in limited companies, temporary injunction, […]

Attorney at law Christian S. Svensen assists controlling the Adecco investigators; his job is to control that there won’t be any disregard concerning the employees’ interests during the private Adecco investigation.  “Assistance from a lawyer may in some cases be decisive to secure a justifiable conduct of personal rights” says Svensen.

Kjell Steffner lectures on contract negotiations during this year’s DIFI conference about the Standard Terms and Conditions (Statens standardavtaler). The conference is a meeting place for people that work with the Standard Terms and Conditions for IT procurement both in private and public sector.

Lawyer Helge Skogseth Berg is nominated in the “Best Lawyers- www.bestlawyers.com” rank for “Best tax lawyer in Norway 2012”. Final rank will be built on appraisal from other lawyers that are ranked within the same field.

Last fall’s collapse of the Icelandic banking system is more substantial than both Enron and WorldCom, the US’s largest bankruptcy cases, according to Helge Skogseth Berg, a Norwegian financial expert. He is now assisting corruption hunter Eva Joly, who was hired by the Icelandic government to help with the investigation on the banking collapse.