We average between three and five posts per week, often putting up decisions and briefs before they show up on Westlaw or Lexis. But we can’t keep up with everything — my firm and clients would probably like me to devote a bit of time to the actual practice of law. I wouldn’t want anyone
Hawaii Courts Now On Twitter
The Hawaii Judiciary is now on Twitter. It looks like it will cover opinions from the Supreme Court and Intermediate Court of Appeals, as well as other judiciary news.
Check it out here.
If you don’t know what Twitter is, never mind (but you really should come join the conversation). In addition to the
Mark Your Calendars 2/25/2010: ABA CLE On McDonald Case
On February 25, 2010, from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Eastern (12:30 CT, 11:30 a.m. MT, 10:30 PT, and 8:30 HST), my colleague and law partner Mark Murakami will be moderating a teleconference sponsored by the ABA Section of State and Local Government Law and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education: Beyond Gun Control: McDonald
2009 Land Use In Review
Yet another year has comeand gone — our blog’s fourth — so it’s time for ourannual summary of the past year’s highlights in land use law and other topics we cover.
Like 2008, it was mostly a year of infill and incrementaldoctrinal shifts, with a couple of sea changes thrown in forexcitement: the Ninth Circuit
Office Swag Contest Part III
Forthose of you stuck in the office today, our annual Christmas Eve contest: I’ll send to thefirst three people who email me today their very own “limited edition”of my firm’s extra-large, cobalt blue coffee mug, shownbelow.
(Don’t forget to include your name and postal address in your email.)
A happy and safe holiday to all.
Yet Another Way To Battle Eminent Domain…
Trying to stop a taking of your property? You may have options in addition to a “public use” challenge, as was recently noted here. In this video, Albany Law School’s Amy Lavine details a potential problem with the bonds for the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, which is the subject of a multi-jurisdictional eminent
Live Blog Of Turtle Bay/Kuilima EIS Case: Is A Change In “Context,” But Not The Project, Enough To Trigger Supplemental EIS?
This is the live blog of the Hawaii Supreme Court oral arguments in Unite Here! Local 5 v. City and County of Honolulu, the case in which the IntermediateCourt of Appeals held that unless the project changes, a supplementalEIS is not required under the Hawaii Environmental Policy Act, Haw.Rev. Stat. ch. 343.
The recording of the oral argument is available here. Or stream it below and follow along with the live blog archive:
More about the issues here, and our summary of the arguments in the briefs here.
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The Fifth Amendment’s Givings Clause?
Yesterday’s Tom Toles web only sketch from the Washington Post certainly captures one of the arguments made by Florida in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection,No. 08-11 (cert. granted. June 15, 2009, the appeal heard last week by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The argument overlooks the fact that the