Hawaii

Obama’s Grandma’s Early Ballot Still Counts, Despite Her Death

An absentee ballot cast by Barack Obama’s grandmother prior to her death Sunday still counts in her home state of Hawaii. However, some states, including South Dakota, have a different rule and would have voided the vote by the Democratic presidential nominee’s grandmother, had she voted there, reports Slate. “Absentee…

Nov 4, 2008 6:20 PM CST

Judge Tosses Doomsday Lawsuit for Lack of Jurisdiction

A federal judge in Honolulu has tossed a lawsuit that had contended a Swiss particle accelerator could produce a black hole and swallow the Earth. U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor ruled the court had no jurisdiction in the case, the New York Times reports. The first test of the device…

Oct 2, 2008 3:53 PM CDT

How LA Lawyer Dropped 90 Pounds, Became Iron Man

His demanding job as an in-house general counsel, difficulties with his marriage and adjusting to being a father made it easy for Steven Spitz to pack on the pounds. Luckily, his job is at a nutrition-oriented company. With the help of a dietitian at Los Angeles-based Natrol, which manufactures and…

Sep 15, 2008 8:43 PM CDT

Lawsuit’s Doomsday Allegations Proven Wrong, So Far, in Collider Test

Allegations in a lawsuit that a Swiss subatomic particle accelerator could produce a black hole and swallow the Earth proved untrue in a first test of the device today. Scientists conducted the test by firing two beams of protons in opposite directions, the Associated Press reports. However, the bigger experiment…

Sep 10, 2008 3:29 PM CDT

Top Corporate Lawyer Creates ‘Virtual’ Law Firm in Hawaii

After 16 years as a partner at Hawaii’s largest law firm, Greg Kim was ready for a change. Even though he had developed a technique of doing much of his work outside the office at Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, as his reputation as a top corporate attorney helped him…

Aug 20, 2008 3:27 PM CDT

Hawaii’s Fix for the Crime Problem: Flash Incarceration

Hawaii has developed an innovative probation program that seems to be significantly more effective than the standard approach in scaring offenders straight. Dubbed “flash incarceration,” it focuses on immediate, short-term punishment–in the form of a brief jail term–for virtually any probation violation. Once offenders begin following the rules regularly, supervisors…

Jul 24, 2008 10:19 PM CDT

Hawaii Ponders Controversial ‘Law Practice’ Rule

The Hawaii State Bar Association is asking the state’s supreme court to revise an ethical rule against the unauthorized practice of law, clarifying that nonlawyers can’t select, draft or complete documents that affect individuals’ legal rights. However, the proposed rule change is controversial, and the Honolulu Star Bulletin has editorialized…

Jan 22, 2008 8:10 PM CST

EEOC Obtains Record Settlement in Race Bias Case

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has negotiated a record $2.5 million settlement on behalf of a former electrician at Lockheed Martin Corp. The EEOC says the amount is the largest settlement it has secured for an individual in a racial discrimination suit, Reuters reports. The plaintiff, Charles Daniels, had alleged…

Jan 3, 2008 3:27 PM CST

Kamehameha’s Children

ABA supports legislation for self-determination of Native Hawaiians

Jan 1, 2008 9:26 PM CST

Taxi Gig Drives Cabbie, 59, to Law School

Driving a taxi is what put a 59-year-old Hawaii man on the road to law school. John Parker often picked up fares at the police station, and drove people home who had just bailed out of jail, reports the Honolulu Advertiser. Along the way, many told him their problems, and…

Oct 26, 2007 8:48 PM CDT

Erosion of Trust

Hawaii’s Bishop Estate: a cautionary tale of mismanagement at a charitable organization

Aug 1, 2007 11:57 AM CDT

Ohio Attorney Survives Shark Attack

Harvey Miller is thanking his lucky stars. One, that he survived a rare shark attack off of Oahu, while snorkeling on vacation in Hawaii last week. And, two, that he probably isn’t going to lose the leg that the 8-foot tiger shark chomped. A doctor says the 36-year-old Toledo lawyer…

Jul 23, 2007 11:49 PM CDT

Troubled Paradise

Debate Over Sovereignty for Native Hawaiians Is Not Likely to End Soon

Aug 12, 2006 6:46 PM CDT

Greetings From ‘Independent’ Hawaii

A Drive to Gain Some Measure of Self-Government for Hawaii’s Native Population Raises Questions About Whether the State Could Even Leave the Union

Jun 1, 1997 5:11 PM CDT