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Applicants sought for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Hawai`i

Posted on April 14, 2008
Lawyer and non-lawyer applicants are sought. The application deadline is May 15.

When is supplemental environmental review required?

Posted on April 11, 2008
Listen to the debate at the Intermediate Court of Appeals (4/9/08):http://www.state.hi.us/jud/oa/08/ICAOA_040908_28602.mp3

Congress looks into Hawai`i's air-travel woes

Posted on April 11, 2008
"Hawaii?s Congressional Delegation comes out strong to expose unfair competition in Hawaii?s skies by Mesa Air Group"

"The Second Chance Act: A First Step Forward to Curb Recidivism"

Posted on April 09, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/rights/81512/

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The hunt is on

Posted on April 07, 2008
The Nature Conservancy is forging ahead with its plan to hire professional hunters to kill deer, goats, and pigs on several islands.But is the large-scale killing of wild animals a legal form of conservation?And do donors to The Nature Conservancy realize that they're supporting professional hunters?

Hawai`i and Maui counties consider development plans

Posted on April 06, 2008
Hunter Bishop blogs about the draft Puna Community Development Plan.Ilima Loomis blogs about the draft Maui Island Plan.

Sustainability Law Blog

Posted on March 22, 2008
http://www.sustainabilitylawblog.com/

Republican governor protects rule of law (and taxpayers) from assault by Democratic legislature

Posted on March 21, 2008
Gov. Lingle vetoed a bill that would've required county taxpayers to fund the legal representation of a police officer who, for example, plotted with terrorists to blow up Waikiki or with organized crime to assassinate the police chief. Indeed, an officer who personally committed those acts would be provided representation...

Another drug-testing program struck down

Posted on March 20, 2008
Lanier v. City of Woodburn (9th Cir. - March 13, 2008)

Sen. Inouye & FCC get their wish: Supreme Court to take up indecency case

Posted on March 18, 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider its first indecency case in 30 years, at the urging of the Federal Communications Commission (which was asked to take the case all the way to the top of the judicial system by U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawai`i).

Ballot access at issue

Posted on March 17, 2008
Richard Winger reports:The U.S. District Court in Hawaii held a trial all day March 10, and part of the day March 11, in Nader v Cronin. The issue is the state?s arbitrary method for determining whether a signature on a ballot access petition is valid or not...

Mauians get to continue to enjoy plastic bags

Posted on March 16, 2008
Maui County Council committee declines to endorse proposed ban on plastic bags.

Texas-style "tort reform" is dead again

Posted on March 16, 2008
Bill goes back to committee; issue goes to Legislative Reference Bureau for study.And "progressive" politician and attorney Della Au Bellati laments the fate of insurance companies on the floor of the House of the Representatives:"This motion to recommit is a motion to stifle debate and consideration," said state Rep...

Another Hawai`i politician who envies the Texas legal system

Posted on March 13, 2008
Rep. Josh Green, M.D., is continuing his fight to have Hawai`i mimic the Lone Star State's discredited tort-reform legislation.Reps. Rhoads, Shimabukuro, and Tokioka are not following the doctor's advice.

New blog on local-government law

Posted on March 13, 2008
International Municipal Lawyers Association

Gay couple sues UH over housing

Posted on March 11, 2008
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff today:University of Hawaii student Joseph O'Leary and his same-sex partner Phi Ngo have filed suit against the University of Hawaii, alleging the school violated their civil rights by refusing to allow them to live in married student housing on campus.

Governor seeks to move Hawai`i to the right on criminal justice

Posted on March 09, 2008
Lingle [who is seeking to put more prosecutors on the bench] said the voters elected her partly because they wanted "someone who put the rights of victims ahead of the rights of criminals."This shouldn't be a surprise. Attorney General Mark Bennett, appointed by Gov...

Judges may be able to serve until age 80

Posted on March 04, 2008
From today's Star-Bulletin:Senate lawmakers are expected to approve a measure that would let voters decide whether to raise the mandatory retirement age for judges as the Legislature approaches its first major deadline of the 2008 session.

"Indigenous Groups Express Concerns On IP Protection Of Their Knowledge"

Posted on March 04, 2008
From Intellectual Property Watch:Le?a Malia Kanehe, a Native Hawaiian and legal analyst for the Indigenous People?s Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB), used genetic resources as an example: many people interpret indigenous calls for participation as meaning they want a hand in the commercialisation of genes extracted from their native lands, she said, but this is missing the point...

Attorney/Legislator/Blogger Maile Shimabukuro

Posted on March 03, 2008
http://maile45.blogspot.com/

Status of federal and state reporter shield legislation

Posted on March 03, 2008
Federal:Last October, the House of Representatives passed the sorely-needed Free Flow of Information Act (a "reporter shield law") for journalists pressured to reveal confidential sources. The version that cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee, however, has languished without a floor vote...

Federal court requires Department of Education to fulfill obligations to homeless kids

Posted on February 26, 2008
From an ACLU press release:?The DOE?s disregard of the McKinney-Vento Act has virtually guaranteed that the poor and homeless children of Hawaii will become poor and homeless adults,? said William Durham, an attorney with Lawyers for Equal Justice. ?The DOE has ignored these problems for years, and it is deplorable that these children needed a court order from a federal judge for the DOE to do the right thing and comply with the law...

Councils get "tough" on pandhandlers; all taxpayers eventually forced to pay up?

Posted on February 26, 2008
The Honolulu City Council and the Hawai`i County Council are cracking down on "agressive panhandling." But they're also likely violating the free-speech guarantees of the state and federal constitutions. Thus, they're probably heading down a path that will eventually lead to court losses, just like what happened to the City of Las Vegas in 2006...

Walter Dods advises Superferry opponents

Posted on February 26, 2008
"Get over it," he says, in Scalia-like fashion.

Message to 9th Circuit litigators

Posted on February 21, 2008
From the 9th Circuit via California Appellate Report:Henceforth, we expect that litigants in this circuit will clearly understand that if we modify or reverse a judgment with a direction that a money judgment be entered in the district court, our mandate must contain instructions about the allowance of post-judgment interest...

Attorney Rick Fried speaks about the death of baby Michael Futi at HNL . . .

Posted on February 21, 2008
. . . on ABC Radio Australia.

Oral arguments in the Supreme Court tomorrow morning

Posted on February 21, 2008
After guiding Barack Obama to a win in Hawai`i's Democratic caucus earlier this week, Andy Winer and his firm will be at the Supreme Court at 9 tomorrow morning.

"3 finish mental health court"

Posted on February 21, 2008
From today's Star-Bulletin:Circuit Judge Michael Wilson called it a "celebration of therapeutic justice."Oahu's mental health court discharged its first three graduates during ceremonies yesterday in the state Supreme Court's courtroom.Wilson, who presided over the ceremony, is the mental health court's presiding judge.

"Socially responsible sweethearts"

Posted on February 14, 2008
The IntLawGrrls blog has some last-minute thoughts.

Naomi Fujimoto's pre-law journey

Posted on February 12, 2008
Naomi Fujimoto: Helping Future Lawyers

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