LEX held its Annual Meeting on Friday the 27th of March and is pleased to announce our new partners to the firm, Birgir Már Björnsson, Fanney Frímannsdóttir and Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir Supreme Court Attorney, Birgir Már Björnsson started working at LEX in 2011. In the years 2009 – 2011 he worked for Acta law offices… Read more »
Stefán Orri Ólafsson, partner at LEX wrote an article in today’s Fréttablaðið, an icelandic newspaper, where he examines the disclosure requirements of listed companies in uncertain times in connection with the COVID-19 virus.
Erla S. Arnadottir, partner, and associates Maria Kristjansdottir and Lena Markusdottir just published an article in the Icelandic newspaper Fréttablaðið where they discuss the juncture that occurred on 10th of March when the Icelandic Data Protection Authority made the decision to impose an administrative fine for the first time on two entities. Such an authorization… Read more »
Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir, attorney at LEX, published an article in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið where she discusses the cyber security challenges companies are facing now when people are increasingly working remotely from home due to the Covid19 pandemic, especially in relation to sensitive data and the response procedure in case of… Read more »
Arnar Þór Stefánsson and Víðir Smári Petersen, partners at LEX, discussed the legal rules regarding the cancellation of goods and services in connection with COVID-19 in the icelandic newspaper Fréttablaðið today. In these times various legal rules must be carefully examined. Especially those considering what happens when fulfillment of contracts is impossible, or at least… Read more »
Erla S. Arnadottir and Hulda Arnadottir, partners at LEX along with Maria Maria Kristjansdottir, associate are the authors of the Law and Practice section for Iceland in the Pharmaceutical Advertising guide for 2020 that is published by Chambers and Partners.
Following a catastrophic weather storm that hit Iceland in December 2019 and caused a great deal of damage, the government organized a task force for infrastructure improvements. Arnar Þór Stefánsson, partner at LEX, participated in a subset of the task force, which produced a memorandum on ways to simplify and integrate processes for construction of… Read more »
On the 21st of February, the Appeal Court of Iceland pronounced a judgement in a case plead by Jónas A. Aðalsteinsson, Attorney at LEX, on behalf of Orkubú Vestfjarða ohf. against the municipality of Ísafjarðarbær. In the case, LEX’s client demanded that all rights to hydroelectric power in Úlfsá in Dagverðardalur be recognized as the… Read more »
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