Now Available: Trial Manual 10

The Trial Manual is a guidebook for criminal defense lawyers at the trial level. It covers the information a defense attorney has to know, and the strategic factors s/he should consider, at each of the stages of the criminal trial process.

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Supreme Court of Hawai’i Adopts Draft § 39 of Restatement 3d Torts: Remedies

In Guieb v. Guieb, 571 P.3d 382 (Haw. 2025), the Supreme Court of Hawai’i adopted a new standard for recovering punitive damages based on draft § 39 of the Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies (Tentative Draft No. 3, 2024), as well as the definitions of “intent” and “recklessness” from Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm §§ 1 and 2.

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