The University of Hawaii is demanding the operator of a pornographic web site stop using the school's name or face legal action.
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The legal principle of “corporations are ‘persons’” is set to be tested in the current MF Global bankruptcy case after a former MF Global client, Adam Furgatch of Hawaii, filed a motion on Monday in Federal Bankruptcy Court that asks the Court to treat MF Global Holdings, Ltd. as a “person” instead of a corporation. ...
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12/19/2011 Lambda Legal filed a discrimination lawsuit today in the First Circuit Court of Hawaii on behalf of a lesbian couple rejected by a commercial business establishment, Aloha Bed & Breakfast, because of the owner’s personal antigay beliefs.
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NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- Beginning Friday, businesses in New York State will be able to structure themselves as so-called benefit corporations, or B Corps, a corporate legal structure that will likely appeal to businesses that are for-profit but have also made it part of their mission to contribute to environmental and sustainability efforts. New York became the seventh state to recognize the ...
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By PETER SUR Tribune-Herald staff writer
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The state attorney general's office says a century-old law meant to ease suffering of Hansen's disease patients does not make physician-assisted suicide legal in Hawaii.
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AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii A Hawaii-based lance corporal accused of hazing a fellow Marine who committed suicide at their remote outpost in Afghanistan is appearing in court after agreeing to a plea bargain. In October, Lance Cpl. Jacob D. Jacoby was referred to a general court-martial on charges that he assaulted, threatened, and humiliated Lance Cpl. Harry Lew, who ...
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The Associated Press The Associated Press HONOLULU A national group is honoring University of Hawaii law professor Eric Yamamoto to recognize his devotion to the struggle for justice and his mentorship of promising legal scholars. The William S. Richardson School of Law said Wednesday the Consortium of Asian Pacific American Law professors created an annual award in Yamamoto's name. The ...
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A second Marine is going to trial for allegedly hazing a fellow Marine who later fatally shot himself in Afghanistan.
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