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Here are the nine Damon Key attorneys selected for inclusion in the "Best Lawyers" and/or "Superlawyers" lists for 2012…more
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Here's our firm's latest Legal Alert, a quarterly publication covering issues such as social media for lawyers, Intellectual Property and trademarks, bankruptcy, and eminent domain…more
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On October 26, 2011, Mark Murakami presented a lecture to Hawaii landowners, land lawyers, and government officials about an important case currently being considered for review by the U.S. Supreme Court about the government’s…more
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Although the focus of our blog is land use and related topics, our practice involves more than that -- we also take appeals in other areas of law that present unsettled or untested questions. Here's the latest example, a case…more
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As of September 9, 2011, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reports that only 32,200 petitions for H-1B visas have been received. The H-1B visa is a so-called “specialty occupation” visa that allows foreign nationals to…more
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C&J Coupe Family Ltd Pship v. County...
Today, we filed the Reply Brief (also available below) in the case that asks: after Kelo, when is eminent domain pretextual?
Last month, we filed a cert petition asking the Supreme Court to review the Hawaii Supreme Court's…more
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The latest in legal news from Hawaii, via the Damon Key Legal Alert. Stories on Construction law, bid protests, and the legal issues surrounding allegedly defective drywall…more
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C&J Coupe Family Ltd Pship v. County...
This case presents the opportunity for the U.S. Supreme Court to firmly establish what the majority and Justice Kennedy’s concurring opinions in Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005) strongly suggested, but did not…more
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Effective July 1, 2011, the Hawaii general excise and use tax exemption for certain persons and business activities is suspended by the recently signed Act 105. For a two-year suspension period running from July 1, 2011 to June…more
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Guggenheim v. City of Goleta,...
Today, on behalf of the Manufactured Housing Institute, we filed this amicus brief (also available below) in the U.S. Supreme Court in Guggenheim v. City of Goleta, No. 10-1125 (petition for cert. filed Mar. 11, 2011).
In…more
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Kauai Springs, Inc. v. Planning...
Issues: automatic approval of zoning permits; public trust…more
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Kauai Springs, Inc. v. Planning...
Issues: automatic approval of zoning permits; public trust…more
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Maunalua Bay Beach Ohana 28 v. State...
Yesterday, on behalf of the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, we filed this brief amicus curiae in the U.S. Supreme Court in Maunalua Bay Beach Ohana 28 v. Hawaii, No. 10-331 (cert. petition filed Sep. 7, 2010).
This is…more
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United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation
For more than a century, the federal government has held substantial funds and 2.9 million acres of land in Arizona in trust for the Tohono O'odham Nation. In United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation, No. 09-846 (cert. granted…more
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In re Trustees Under the Will of the...
This appeal presents an issue left unaddressed by the Hawaii Supreme Court in In re Robinson, 49 Haw. 429, 421 P.2d 570 (1966). Namely, whether the government waives a reservation of mineral and mining rights when it fails to…more
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