Makana breached contract by refusing to work "when planet Mercury is in retrograde ... approximately six months per year," his former manager claims in court....

... I'd like to hail my fellow law bloggers who, like me, make the time to share thoughts about the legal issues of the day ....

The Golden State is at the top of the list; fellow oceanfront states Hawaii (2) and Florida (3) round out the top three, followed by Texas (4) and Colorado (5)....

...the Obama Administration has rolled out new policies that disregard states’ authority over marriage....

Yesterday, President Obama made headlines by saying that the red line wasn’t really his, but the whole world’s, and that “Congress’s credibility is on the line” now that he has punted....

As of February 2013, OHA owned or leased 28,206 acres, making it Hawai‘i’s 13th largest landowner....

The regulation from the IRS formally codifies the fine charged to people without insurance....

The Obama Administration’s Syria policy has been disturbingly ad hoc and reactive....

Lambda Legal began preparing the ground for Abercrombie’s proposed gay marriage  “religious exemption” as far back as 2007....

Nine Women Remaking the Right....

Abercrombie will be using the state's top law enforcement officer, Attorney General David Louie, to turn up the heat on their fellow liberal Democrats by holding a "private caucus"....

The TPP has been behind closed doors for a long time. The wait will be more than worth it if a sound agreement is struck....

On paper it may appear Hawaii has a "low sales tax," but that is not the case....

Hawaiian Electric Company will deactivate its Honolulu Power Plant on Jan. 31, 2014....

Brenda Ford’s bill, which would destroy Hawaii’s papaya crop and blow a huge hole in the county and state’s economy....

Ceres founders and other mainlanders also funneled campaign contributions directly to Walter Ritte in 2012 for his race for a vacant seat on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs....

Providers apply for the incentives using a secure, web-based tool from Xerox to show that they have implemented and used EHRs under federal guidelines....