In a recent ruling, Borgarting Court of Appeal has concluded that a severance agreement in reality was a summary dismissal from the employer. The circumstances surrounding the negotiations and the terms and conditions of severance agreements are decisive elements in the courts’ assessment of such agreements. It is important that the employer consciously informs the employee of his/her options and provides sufficient time for the employee to reflect.
We are pleased to welcome Eystein Eriksrud as a new partner in Kluge. Eystein will add valuable expertise in company law, securities law, and financial law.
We have the pleasure of welcoming Ole André Oftebro and Nils Kristian Lie as partners in Kluge. They will be part of our investment in employment law.
We have the pleasure of welcoming Joar Kalsaas, Fredrik Aadahl and Marte Thorsby as new partners in Kluge.
Kluge has assisted the Ministry of Health and Care Services and the Directorate for e-health in creating a robust legal basis, including under state aid law, for the the development, delivery and financing of public e-health solutions such as helsenorge.no, e-prescription and the health network.
The autumn issue of Legal 500's international magazine "In House Lawyer" has recently been published. Kluge's employment law team, by Johan Krabbe-Knudsen and Kari Eline Bjørndal Kloster, has contributed with an article on the employer's right to impose face masks, travel restrictions, remote (home) office and coronavirus testing.
This fourth edition provides an insight into cybersecurity laws and regulations, covering hot topics across multiple jurisdictions.
Kluge and partner Eeva Kantanen has assisted Norsk Hydro ASA in the transaction with Lyse on establishment of the joint hydropower company Lyse Kraft DA.
The International Comparative Legal Guides: Sanctions 2021 has been published in an updated version. It covers 17 different jurisdictions sanction regimes, including their legal basis, sanction authorities, implementation and enforcement.
Kluge lawyers Henrik Nordling and Clemens Kerle have provided the Norwegian chapter in this year’s edition of Competition Compliance by lexology.
