In an apparent first in the circuits, the Ninth Circuit ruled today that an off-duty but uniformed police officer who was acting as a private security guard could not assert qualified immunity in
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FinCEN Issues Revised Geographic Targeting Orders Focusing on Shell Companies Purchasing Luxury Properties in 7 Major Metropolitan Areas
Today the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced the issuance of revised Geographic Targeting Orders (GTOs) that require U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind shell companies used to pay for high-end residential real estate in seven…
Should Immigrants Move to Hawaii? Where You Live Impacts Ability To Obtain Representation in Immigration Court
Nnteresting news from TRAC! Newly obtained case-by-case court records show that depending upon the community in which the immigrant resides, the odds of obtaining representation in Immigration Court deportation proceedings vary widely. If you happen to live in Honolulu,…
APNewsBreak: Grandmother in travel ban flap arrives in US
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in HonoluluAP reports that the Syrian grandmother at the center of Hawaii’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from six mostly Muslim countries arrived in Honolulu Saturday night.Ismail Elshikh, the imam of…
Travel Ban Does Not Apply to Grandparents and Other Close Relatives, Hawaii Court Rules
Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu has enjoined the federal government from using President Donald Trump’s partially reinstated travel ban to bar grandparents and other close relatives from entering the United States. He also has enjoined the government from banning refugees…
The district court’s injunction (Updated Twice)
Main Friday, July 07, 2017The district court’s injunction (Updated Twice)Judge Watson in the District of Hawaii last night refused to rule on the plaintiffs’ Motion to Clarify the Scope of the Preliminary in the travel ban case. The plaintiffs,…
Rickrolling Rail
Honolulu Civil Beat has an interesting editorial today about the Honolulu rail project, the 20-station, 21-mile elevated steel-on-steel project now being built at a cost that was first projected at about $3.8 billion, and at last count is somewhere in…
CORRECTED CONTENT — FDA warnings: Excessive antibiotic residue; seafood dangers
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CORRECTED CONTENT: Although the warning letter to Honolulu Fish Co. was just made public this past week by the FDA, it was actually sent out in November 2006. The company addressed the issues and FDA closed out the warning process related…