Just before noon today, on their fourth day of deliberation, the 12 jurors for the Department of Justice’s case against Paul Joseph Sulla, Jr., Gary Charles Zamber, and Rajesh P. Budhabhatti reconvened before U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake to … Continued
On March 25, the U.S. Air Force published a notice that it intended to prepare an environmental assessment in anticipation of building two landing pads at Johnston Atoll. The pads would be part of the Air Force’s “Rocket Cargo Vanguard … Continued
When SpaceX was proposing its Starship-Super Heavy Launch program at its 65-acre site in south Texas, it needed to obtain permission from the Federal Aviation Administration, the sole federal agency that controlled SpaceX actions on private property. The FAA obliged, … Continued
Punaluʻu Problems: Opponents of the redevelopment of Black Sand Beach, in the Big Island district of Kaʻu, celebrated in mid-May when it seemed the former owner, S M Investment Partners, LLC, had successfully sued the developer for foreclosure. But the … Continued
You can’t bribe yourself. That’s what counsel for Hawaiʻi island attorney Paul Sulla Jr. said during closing arguments last month before a jury and U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake. It’s also what counsel for another Hawaiʻi attorney, Gary Zamber, … Continued
The federal criminal trial of three men accused of conspiring with a Hawaiʻi County employee to defraud the county by abusing affordable housing agreements has been in the news lately. However, that is not the only litigation that has been … Continued