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▪ Superferry EIS Case Summary pt. I: Do Statutory Exemptions Mean Anything?
What purpose is served by the Legislature providing for an environmental assessment "exemption" if there are always exceptions to the exemption? That is the question raised by the Hawaii Supreme…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Another View on Whether a Cashed Out 401(k) Participant Has Standing to Sue for Losses Under ERISA
Judge Tauro, of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, has weighed in lately on some of the more cutting edge and currently unsettled issues in ERISA…
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▪ <em>County of Kauai</em> ex rel. <em>Nakazawa v. Baptiste</em>: Kauai Property Tax Decision Summary Page
Here are links to all the posts on the "Ohana Kauai" Charter Amendment case, in which the Hawaii Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision held that friendly government officials have…
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▪ Latest News on Kauai Property Tax/Standing Appeal
Honolulu Advertiser: High Court: Voters can't set tax rates at ballot box:A Supreme Court majority of Justices Ronald Moon, Steven Levinson and Paula Nakayama allowed the suit. But in a…
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▪ HAWSCT: Dissenting Opinion in Kauai Property Tax Appeal
Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Acoba, joined by Justice Duffy, filed an extensive dissenting opinion in yesterday's decision in County of Kauai ex rel. Nakazawa v. Baptiste (or, as it should…
Labor Law Prof Blog
3rd Cir: Former 401(k) Participant Has Standing to Sue
PlanSponsor.com this morning has this potentially relevant decision for a pending Supreme Court case:The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)…
Chicago IP Litigation
Progeny Patents Conveyed by Blanket Assignment of Parent
Rowe Int'l Corp. v. Ecast, Inc., No. 06 C 2703, 2007 WL 1438370 (N.D. Ill. May 14, 2007) (Kennelly, J.). Judge Kennelly denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' patent infringement…
Construction Law
General Contractor May Recover from Subcontractor Without Joining Owner as Party
By K&L Gates
Floor Express, Inc. v. Daly, 138 Wash. App. 750, 158 P.3d 619 (2007) In this case, a subcontractor sued a general contractor for failing to make payments on the parties’…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Massachusetts v. EPA
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Today the Supreme Court decided Massachusetts v. EPA, holding that Massachusetts (because it's a State and all) gets to play by special Article III rules. Professor Jonathan H. Adler provides…
The Contingency
Defense Doesn’t Beat Bankruptcy Trustee’s Standing: Eighth Circuit
The Eighth Circuit held today that a bankruptcy trustee has standing to sue third parties for harm to the debtor in bankruptcy despite a possible in pari delicto defense. The…