News and current topics from various practice areas and industries

Today, the government presented the parliamentary report “Energy for Work – Long-term Value Creation from Norwegian Energy Resources.”

Norway has a well-developed contractual and regulatory framework for ICT procurements and contracts are commonly based on a model agreements from one of the three “families” of model agreements in Norway. This article is intended as a brief guide for foreign companies that are involved in ICT procurements in Norway.

With regards to the presentation of the revised National Budget, the Norwegian government announced their plans concerning the introduction of a moderate production tax on onshore wind power production from 2022.

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The Port of Bergen is one step closer to a new cargo port.

In a ruling of 13 November 2020, the Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeal’s decision and ruled that a company was not obliged to offer employees early retirement in connection with a downsizing.

On 2 November 2020, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling (HR-2020-2109-A) with important clarifications on the concept of pay and the principle of equal treatment for agency workers.

Jørn A. Uggerud named as leader of the Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster Contracts group.

The International energy drinks giant Monster Energy Company recently lost a trademark infringement claim against the energy drinks start-up Manimal Energy, before Borgarting Court of Appeals in Norway. The appeal court also rejected Monster’s claim that Manimal had copied Monster’s products in violation of Norwegian marketing law.