Welcome to the 2021 Spring/Summer issue of ke kumu. As you read through this issue of our client newsletter, we hope to teach you about some of the laws unique to Hawai‘i, and to become a source of relevant information that can help you.
This issue’s headlines include:
- Ho‘omau (Pōhai Nu‘uhiwa Campbell)
- A New Year, New Leadership, and (Potential) New Estate Tax Laws (Summer G. Shelverton and Caitlin M. Moon)
- Do Commercial Building Owners Have Duties to Investigate and Disclose Asbestos? (Patricia J. McHenry and Lindsay N. McAneeley)
- Is Development Desecration? (Mauna Kea Trask)
- Advocating for Freedom of Information for Hawai‘i’s Education (John P. Duchemin and Jeffrey S. Portnoy)
- Cades Schutte in the Community
- Updates from Cades Schutte’s Coronavirus Response Team (Chris S. Mashiba, Lisa K. Swartzfager, Theodore D.C. Young, and Ryan M. Hamaguchi)
- Workplace Safety Defense Thwarted by Company’s Own Policy (Amanda M. Jones)