Our February 2016 cover story incorrectly stated that the hearing officer’s recommendations in the East Maui interim instream flow standards (IIFS) contested case hearing was expected early this year, when, in fact, those recommendations had been issued on January 15. … Continued
First Circuit Judge Rhonda Nishimura has granted an interlocutory appeal and a stay of her January 8 ruling invalidating the four revocable permits the state Board of Land and Natural Resources granted in 2014 to allow Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. … Continued
“It sounds like you got the gun in your hand …,” Stanley Roehrig began. “That’s right!” David Frankel interjected. “… and nobody else has bullets,” Roehrig said. “They’ve had the gun to the head of our clients and have been … Continued
With Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar’s announcement that it will be harvesting its last crop of sugarcane this year, the question looms large: What’s going to happen to the hundreds of millions of gallons of stream water diverted daily from East … Continued
The “corporate veil” mentioned in the motion to dismiss filed by Jeffrey Dunster’s attorneys shrouds a host of companies in addition to those named in the lawsuit: The board of the nonprofit Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative includes Dunster as its … Continued
Financing statements filed with the state’s Bureau of Conveyances don’t usually disclose the dollar amounts of loans, but they do serve as a legal notice of a claim on the property used as collateral. One such statement filed last summer … Continued
Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods, its principal, and a host of related businesses are being sued in federal court in Honolulu. The plaintiff, Streamline Consulting Group (SCG), alleges that the companies, all owned by or controlled by Jeffrey A. Dunster, owe around … Continued
The National Marine Fisheries Service is seeking public comment on a petition from Defenders of Wildlife that seeks to protect oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus) under the federal Endangered Species Act. On January 12, NMFS announced in the Federal Register … Continued
Tuna Treaty Tanks: The United States has informed the other parties to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty that it will be withdrawing from the treaty, first signed in 1987. Recent discussions over terms of its renewal were fraught; last August, … Continued
For years, every December, the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Land Division has submitted a list of hundreds of revocable permits (RPs) to the Board of Land and Natural Resources for renewal, for everything from a 40-square-foot empty lot … Continued