Reading Time: 3 minutes Act 49: Restricting the Use of the Geographic Origin of Hawaii-Grown Coffee on Coffee Labels This week we are talking coffee because a) as an attorney I am also interested in how the government tries to regulate certain businesses in terms of compliance ad consumer education and b) I like anything related to food and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Draw the Law” is a weekly short post where I try to visualize a legal concept. It is designed to be helpful to the laymen and for a quick understanding. For the next several posts I will be detailing organizing and operating a business. Last week I discussed the limited liability shield of certain business entities. This […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Act 37: Permitting Hawaii Nonprofit Boards to Take Actions by Ballot and Electronic Voting, Use of Electronic Notice, and Conduct of Meeting by Teleconference Business Impact: The purpose of Act 37 is really to modernize the way Hawaii nonprofit corporation boards operate and handle their affairs. Basically, it allows nonprofit directors to use electronic communications […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Draw the Law” is a weekly short post where I try to visualize a legal concept. It is designed to be helpful to the laymen and for a quick understanding. For the next several posts I will be detailing organizing and operating a business. What is Limited Liability? Limited liability means that a business owner’s […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Act 34: Protecting Gender Expression or Identity in the Workplace Business Impact: Act 34 prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression as a matter of public policy, specifically with regards to employment. Basically, if you or the work environment you foster is insensitive to gender expression or identity of your employees, you […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Please check out my contributor article about how we can better serve justice in Hawaii and also follow Civil Beat. They are a great civic investigative forum of news and insight into the daily beat of Hawaii. The Links: My article Civil Beat Main Page LATEST UPDATE (5/5/11 @ 5:01PM): KHON2 also posted a little […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute For the rest of this week (May 2 – 6) the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the Hawaii State Bar Association will be volunteering at the phones of KHON2’s Actionline. We are covering the following topics on the following days from 11AM – 1PM: Monday – Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & Consumer Protection Tuesday – Divorce, Child […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute From the beginning of my pursuit of a legal career I have been highly addicted to using social media to organize and set-up events. I see no reason why lawyers should not embrace the the sharing of information in a medium that their clients readily use on a daily basis. The number one complaint by […]