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Monday, June 16, 2014 |
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Writ to Watch: Oahu Publications, Inc. v. Neil Abercrombie
By Robert Thomas @ 7:31 PM :: 6313 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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On June 13, 2014, the HAWSCT accepted cert in Oahu Publications, Inc., dba The Honolulu Advertiser v. Neil Abercrombie....
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Monday, June 9, 2014 |
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9th Circuit Demands Briefing on Bridge Aina Lea Suit
By Robert Thomas @ 5:30 AM :: 9525 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Judiciary, Land Use
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...several members of the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission were sued by the property owner in their individual as well as official capacities....
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Monday, June 2, 2014 |
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Baron and Budd negotiate $3.7 million settlement for State of Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:42 PM :: 5954 Views :: Judiciary, Cost of Living
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...Baron and Budd negotiated a $3.7 million settlement on behalf of the State of Hawaii and a $1.6 million settlement on behalf of the State of Mississippi....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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Child Support Enforcement Abuse: Hawaii Parents Org. Scores Victories in Legislature
By Selected News Articles @ 5:56 PM :: 7111 Views :: Family, Judiciary
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This year National Parents Organization of Hawaii introduced several bills related to addressing abuses of the Child Support Enforcement Agency....
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Sunday, May 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii's "Environmental Court" - A Bad Idea Whose Time (Apparently) Is Nigh
By Robert Thomas @ 8:13 PM :: 6731 Views :: Environment, Judiciary
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...the only thing standing between the bill and the rest of us is Governor Abercrombie's veto pen....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
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Intermediate Court of Appeals: No Landlocked Real Estate in Hawaii
By Robert Thomas @ 2:36 PM :: 10156 Views :: Hawaii History, Judiciary, Land Use
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In Malulani Group, Ltd. v. Kaupo Ranch, Ltd., No. 30509 (May 5, 2014), the issue was whether the owner of a landlocked parcel could assert an easement....
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Friday, April 25, 2014 |
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Volunteers Wanted to Investigate, Discipline Lawyers
By News Release @ 1:09 AM :: 4783 Views :: Judiciary
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The terms will begin on July 1, 2014 and last for three years....
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Sunday, April 20, 2014 |
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Hawaii-Focused Legal Blogs
By Robert Thomas @ 1:05 AM :: 4575 Views :: Judiciary
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...several of our law firm colleagues also are active bloggers in their respective fields...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 |
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Nakamoto Appointed Big Island Judge
By News Release @ 10:13 PM :: 4488 Views :: Judiciary
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If confirmed by the State Senate, Nakamoto will serve in office for six years....
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014 |
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JSC Seeks Nominations for Two Judicial Vacancies
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 4248 Views :: Judiciary
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Circuit Judges, Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Oʻahu)....
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Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
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U.S. District Court's Honolulu Rail Compliance Order – A Slam Dunk
By Robert Thomas @ 4:33 PM :: 5996 Views :: Judiciary, Rail
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...Judge A. Wallace Teshima’s truly final order in the case: the Order on Objection to Notice of Compliance, which coincidentally (or perhaps not) was issued on the same day (February 18, 2014) as the Ninth Circuit opinion....
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Thursday, March 13, 2014 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Bar Association New Testimony on Wilson Nomination
By News Release @ 1:54 AM :: 5155 Views :: Judiciary
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...work ethic concerns, lack of professionalism in the workplace, questions concerning the propriety of conduct toward women in professional contexts, and the ability to serve at the level of a Supreme Court Justice....
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Thursday, March 6, 2014 |
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Zoning Board: Abercrombie's Supreme Court Pick Operating Illegal Enterprise for Over a Decade
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 PM :: 8464 Views :: Judiciary
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Did Wilson see fit to advise the Judicial Selection Commission or the Abercrombie Administration of his long-running and on-going illegality?
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Saturday, March 1, 2014 |
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Aloha, Justice Acoba
By Robert Thomas @ 8:41 PM :: 5999 Views :: Judiciary
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Yesterday, according to the coconut wireless, was the official last day on the Hawaii Supreme Court for Associate Justice Simeon Acoba....
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Friday, February 21, 2014 |
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Does Hawaii Need An "Environmental Court?"
By Robert Thomas @ 6:01 PM :: 6196 Views :: Environment, Judiciary
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Looks like they're at it again, a solution in search of a problem....
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
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Thursday, February 20, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Nominee Wilson's Written Opinions
By Robert Thomas @ 5:42 PM :: 6586 Views :: Judiciary
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On Tuesday, February 18, 2014, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie named Judge Michael D. Wilson as his nomination for associate justice to the Supreme Court....
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014 |
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Abercrombie Names former BLNR Chair Wilson to Supreme Court
By News Release @ 6:36 PM :: 5380 Views :: Judiciary
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Judge Wilson, 60, ... was a chairperson of the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources and Commission, commissioner for the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission and executive director for the state Division of Consumer Advocacy.....
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Saturday, February 15, 2014 |
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Supreme Court: Lower Courts too Dismissive of Pro-Se Litigants
By Robert Thomas @ 12:52 AM :: 5239 Views :: Judiciary
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You file a crap brief with an appellate court. Shame on you....
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 |
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Hawaii In The Eminent Domain Spotlight
By Robert Thomas @ 12:23 PM :: 6352 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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...Forbes editorial about an eminent domain and free speech battle between a North Shore property owner and the City and County of Honolulu....
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Sunday, February 9, 2014 |
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Defending Liberty: Grassroot Institute Interviews Ilya Shapiro
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:51 PM :: 5654 Views :: First Amendment, Judiciary
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Shapiro has closely examined the relationship between law and freedom....
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Friday, January 31, 2014 |
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Veterans Treatment Court Celebrates its One-Year Anniversary
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 6816 Views :: Judiciary, Military
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The specialized court began last year with three defendants and has now grown to ten defendants....
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Monday, January 27, 2014 |
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JSC Nominates Six for Hawaii Supreme Court
By News Release @ 11:16 PM :: 6123 Views :: Judiciary
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...for the impending vacancy in the judicial office of the Associate Justice, Supreme Court, State of Hawaiʻi upon the mandatory retirement of Associate Justice Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. in March 2014....
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Thursday, January 23, 2014 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Eases Path to Challenge Subdivision Approvals
By Robert Thomas @ 4:35 PM :: 7693 Views :: Development, Judiciary, Land Use
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HAWSCT: Triggers To Administrative Appeals Must Be Clear And Noticed....
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Monday, January 13, 2014 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Clarifies "Final, Appealable Order" And Forgay Doctrine
By Robert Thomas @ 10:07 AM :: 5414 Views :: Judiciary
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If there's one thing that keeps appellate lawyers up at night, it's jurisdictional questions....
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Thursday, January 9, 2014 |
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Go Back To Law School: UH "J-Term" Classes Open To The Public
By Robert Thomas @ 12:31 PM :: 4480 Views :: Judiciary
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some of the lectures are open to the public....
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court: Indigent Parents Have the Right to Court-Appointed Counsel During Child Welfare Proceedings
By News Release @ 6:47 PM :: 6344 Views :: Family, Judiciary
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Prior to this decision, the State could remove children from their parents’ home, and parents who could not afford an attorney were often left to their own devices....
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Monday, December 23, 2013 |
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Supreme Court Invalidates LUC Koa Ridge Reclassification
By Robert Thomas @ 11:55 PM :: 9266 Views :: Development, Judiciary, Land Use
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The court concluded that the commissioner did not qualify as a valid holdover ....
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Friday, December 20, 2013 |
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Blake v Kauai: Recktenwald Court continues Moon Court's policies
By Robert Thomas @ 2:19 PM :: 6428 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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This decision also reflects that the Recktenwald Court is continuing the Moon Court's policies of keeping the door to the courthouse doors opened as wide as possible....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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Deemed Denied? Hawaii Supreme Court Clarifies Appeal Rules
By Robert Thomas @ 10:37 PM :: 5123 Views :: Judiciary
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Under the majority's interpretation, a "deemed denial" is not ripe for appeal until the court affirmatively issues an order disposing of the post-judgment motion....
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Appoints Patricia Kim Park to JSC
By News Release @ 7:55 PM :: 4924 Views :: Judiciary
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In the mid-1970s, she and her husband, Arthur, joined former Lt. Gov. Thomas P. Gill to form the firm of Gill Park and Park....
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Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court: Demand A Contested Case, And There's A Good Chance You'll Get One
By Robert Thomas @ 11:33 PM :: 6592 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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The Hawaii Supreme Court has issued its latest opinion in the apparently eternal metaphysical question of the circuit courts' appellate jurisdiction to review decisions under the Hawaii Administrative Procedures Act....
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 |
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Hawaii earns ‘D’ for judicial financial disclosure
By News Release @ 5:13 PM :: 4912 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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Despite receiving a “D”, Hawaii’s financial disclosure law ranks as sixth best out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia....
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
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Locked Up and Shipped Away: Interstate Prisoner Transfer and the Private Prison Industry
By News Release @ 10:12 PM :: 7521 Views :: Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment
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...four states - California, Idaho, Vermont, and Hawai'i - collectively ship 10,500 prisoners to for-profit prisons outside their home states. West Virginia is developing a plan to do the same....
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
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Judge Sam King: A Memoir
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 8020 Views :: Hawaii History, Judiciary, Republican Party
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In his half-century on the bench, he presided over some of the most sensational of Hawai‘i’s organized crime trials, and he upheld the 1967 Hawai‘i Land Reform Act that shifted property ownership in Hawai‘i from large trusts to ordinary citizens....
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Saturday, October 26, 2013 |
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Judiciary Committee to Consider Poelman Nomination
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 9073 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary
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Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has appointed Lloyd A. Poelman as judge of the District Court of the Second Circuit....
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Monday, October 21, 2013 |
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Judicial Selection Commission Announces Vacancy and Three Petitions for Retention
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 4693 Views :: Judiciary
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Vacancy: District Family Judge, District Family Court of the Third Circuit
Retention: Nakamura, DelRosario, Border
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Monday, October 21, 2013 |
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Court Orders Abercrombie Admin to Pay Lawyers who Forced him to Reveal Names of Judicial Nominees
By Robert Thomas @ 10:32 PM :: 6484 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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Remember the case from late last year in which the Honolulu Star-Advertiser brought a freedom of information/open records lawsuit against the Hawaii governor to force him to disclose the names of judicial nominees?
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii Scores 'C' for Jail Diversion of Mentally Ill
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 9814 Views :: Health Care, Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment
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Fewer than half the U.S. population lives in communities where the most basic methods of diverting people with severe mental illness from the criminal justice system are being used....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Navy Yard Shooting: Failure of Mental Health Care System
By Selected News Articles @ 1:25 PM :: 9573 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness, Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment
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Approximately half of mass shootings are caused by individuals with untreated severe mental illness....
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
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Accused Child Molester Ran Mortgage Scam from Restaurant Row Office
By Selected News Articles @ 5:06 PM :: 10444 Views :: Judiciary
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Hawaii's attorney general wants to enjoin four people he says are practicing law illegally and operating a fraudulent mortgage-relief scheme in the state....
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
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Public Comment Open on Maui District Court Nominees
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 4451 Views :: Judiciary
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Comments must be post-marked, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered no later than Monday, September 30, 2013....
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
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Video: Roger Epstein talks with Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:46 PM :: 6206 Views :: Development, Judiciary
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Roger Epstein, senior partner of Cades Schutte Law Firm, talks with Dr. Keli’i Akina about Hawaii as a center for global transformation....
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Thursday, September 5, 2013 |
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Eight Years of InverseCondemnation
By Robert Thomas @ 3:16 PM :: 4974 Views :: Judiciary
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... I'd like to hail my fellow law bloggers who, like me, make the time to share thoughts about the legal issues of the day ....
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Thursday, September 5, 2013 |
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
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Deedy jury foreman: Deadlocked 8-4 for Acquittal
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 PM :: 11806 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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He said it would not have necessarily been easier to convict Deedy of the lesser manslaughter charge....
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Friday, August 16, 2013 |
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Judicial Selection Commission Seeks Supreme Court Nominees
By News Release @ 3:23 AM :: 4524 Views :: Judiciary
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Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy: Associate Justice, Supreme Court
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Saturday, August 3, 2013 |
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Ashford Nomination Challenged on Ethics
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 8619 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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The ethical response is to try again, not to proceed in violation of Hawaii law and court rules....
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