Category: News

There Seldom Is a Single Virus

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 »

COVID-19 and legal rules regarding the cancellation of goods and services

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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 »

Chamber’s Pharmaceutical Advertising guide for 2020

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.

Task force for infrastructure improvements

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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 »

The Appeal Court of Iceland passes judgement in favor of Orkubú Vestfjarða

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 »

“What should the child be called?”

Hulda Árnadóttir published an article in the icelandic newspaper Fréttablaðið today under the heading “What should the child be called?” where she discusses person’s name as a brand and the rules regardings such brands in Iceland.

US authorities in the clouds

Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir published an article in the business section of the Icelandic news paper Morgunblaðið under the heading „US authorities in the clouds“ where she discusses legislation on data access in Europe and the United States. The article can be viewed here

IFLR 1000 ranks LEX in Tier 1

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The IFLR1000 is the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers. LEX has for the year 2020, yet again, been ranked in Tier 1, in Financial and corpororate as well as Project Development. Ólafur Haraldsson and Guðmundur Ingvi Sigurðsson are ranked as Highly Regarded, Gunnar Viðar as Notable practitioner and… Read more »

LEX Law Offices IP practice top ranked by the World Trademark Review

In the 2020 edition of World Trademark Review (WTR) LEX Law offices receives immensly favourable review where the talents and hard work of Erla Árnadóttir, Hulda Árnadóttir and María Kristjánsdóttir are recognised “LEX Law Offices has stood at the forefront of the nation’s IP scene for over three decades. The one-stop shop is a force to… Read more »

Hulda Árnadóttir on the board of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce

LEX is a member of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce. At the General Meeting that was held on the 13th of February, Hulda Árnadóttir, partner at LEX was elected as a board member. LEX celebrates having a representative on the board and congratulates Hulda for her board membership.