It is a rare day that this dirt lawyer, with an ocean-related blog, gets to blog about environmental law AND the ocean environment. Dear readers – today is the day! In a case certainly bound for the Hawaii Supreme Court,
Walk softly.
Walk softly, stranger.
The land on which you stand is Holy ground …
a place of unspoiled beauty, colored by the hand of God.
And you who stand upon this land will someday too
remember sun-washed sands and
Hawaii’s position as the 50th State provides an interesting vantage to view the governance of those territorial areas that are within the United States but are not a state. Since the late 1890’s, the United States has been vexed by
The Hawaii State Bar Association just released its statistics for the Hawaii license renewals for 2016. It is an interesting snapshot of the legal profession in Hawaii and specifically the demographics of attorneys. Did you know that Hawaii has 93
“When you collect marine animals there are certain flat worms so delicate that they are almost impossible to catch whole for they will break and tatter under the touch. You must let them ooze and crawl of their own will
This blog usually doesn't cover criminal matters unless they involve piracy or the ocean environment. But, last year's case about the meaning of the word "vessel" has us on the watch for cases involving, well…, grammar.The Supreme Court handed down
The Hawaii Legislature is considering a bill to establish a business mitigation relief pilot program to assist some business impacted by Honolulu's rail project. The bill is H.B. 2518 and while the aim of this bill is to mitigate the
Last year, Gregory W. Kugle and I provided our annual Hawaii real estate litigation update for the Hawaii State Bar Association's Real Property and Financial Services Section. The outline, with links to the cases, is provided below and a video
Aloha everyone:These are my slides for my presentation on Motions Practice in Eminent Domain Trials.
In preparing for our 2015 presentation, we discovered that the 2014 version wasn't posted to our blog yet. And, thanks to the HSBA Real Property Section, we even have video! Enjoy and stay tuned for video of tomorrow's presentation. Aloha.
