The Hawaii State Bar Association was honored to be addressed last week by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The Justice was visiting Hawaii on the final leg of her tour of the Pacific Rim, which included stops on Guam and Saipan. My Damon Key blogging colleague, Rebecca Copeland, gave a thorough post of the
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Justice Sotomayor Visits Hawaii
By Tred R. Eyerly on
Justice Sonia Sotomayor continues her travels through the Pacific Rim. After visiting Guam and Saipan, the Justice is in Hawaii this week, January 29 to February 3, 2012. As in Guam and Saipan, Justice Sotomayor will keep a busy schedule while in Hawaii, meeting with judges and members of the bar, students, and the…
Welcome to New Construction Blog
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Congratulations to Anna Oshiro and Christi-Anne Kudo Chock, my Damon Key colleagues, who have rolled out their new blog, www.hawaiiconstructionlaw.com. Anna and Christi have a wealth of experience in construction law, litigating and arbitrating major construction-related cases, in addition to authoring articles and book chapters. We look forward to reading posts on…
Happy Birthday To Us!
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We enter our fifth year of blogging this week. It has been an interesting journey, over 500 posts now, unquestionably a self-education in insurance issues, as well as a mechanism for connecting with others.
And we have readers, too. Again, thanks for the support this year, compelling us search for material worth posting, and…
We’re Included In The Top 50 Insurance Law Blogs for 2011
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A special side-note for news received this morning. Insurancelawhawaii has made the Top 50 Insurance Blogs for the third consecutive year as selected by the LexisNexis Insurance Law Community. Thank you to LexisNexis for the recognition and thanks to our readers for their continued support of this blog.
The other top 50 Insurance Blogs for 2011 recognized…
Welcome to Immigration Blog
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Congratulations to another Damon Key blogger, David McCauley, for rolling out his new immigration blog. Today's post addresses the U.S. State Department's Diversity Visa Lottery. Many more informative, timely posts to come from this blog, we are sure.
Insurance Commissioner Ito to Address HSBA Insurance Coverage Litigation Section
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Gordon Ito, Commissioner of the Hawaii Insurance Division, will be the guest speaker at the Hawaii State Bar Association's Insurance Coverage Litigation Section's meeting on Friday, October 7, 2011.The meeting will be from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the offices of Cades Schutte, 1000 Bishop Street, 10th Floor. Please feel free to join us.
Bad Faith Seminar a Success
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Thanks to all who attended yesterday’s seminar on Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Waikiki, hosted by Sterling Education Services. We had an astute, engaged audience, which made the event a success.
Attached is the Bad Faith Power Point for my topics, Development of the Tort of Bad Faith and Elements of a…
Governor Signs All Insurance-Related Legislation
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When the Hawaii State legislature ended its session in May, we reported here on the insurance-related bills that passed. The Governor had until July 12, 2011, to sign pending legislation.
In looking back, we see that the Governor signed all of the insurance-related bills passed in recent legislative session. This includes HB 924…
Governor’s Office Confirms Passage of HB 924 and Revised Definition of “Occurrence”
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Since late last week, we have heard rumors that HB 924 was signed by the Governor. Before today, there was no confirmation of this on either the Legislature's or the Governor's websites.
As you recall, HB 924 states that "occurrence" in a liability policy "shall be construed in accordance with the law as it existed…