Center To Help Brain Injury Victims In Hawaii Jill Kuramoto, KITV4 News Reporter POSTED: 1:50 pm HST February 17, 2012 HONOLULU — Hawaii has between 2,000 and 3,000 brain injuries a year. Becau... Read More

    Harry Plotkin:  I have always found it amusing that trial lawyers spend so much time focusing on (or worrying about, if you’re representing a defendant) the influence of sympathy on j... Read More

HI Luxury, Vol 4, Issue 6:  April/May 2011  Article written by:  Lynn Cook Two of Honolulu’s leading attorneys, Ian Mattoch and Stan Levin, can easily be described as modern-day gladiators. ... Read More

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released the latest video in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Faces of Distracted Driving” series, featuring the story of Kassy Kerfo... Read More

In US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, No. 10-3836, decided November 16, 2011, the Third Circuit Court vacated a district court decision (Western District of Pennsylvania), which ordered 100% reimbursement... Read More

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced that the agency’s most popular online services, the applications for retirement and Medicare and for Extra Help with Medicare prescr... Read More

This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood commended Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett for signing a strong new law that prohibits texting while driving.Under the new law, w... Read More

The National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHA)’s Washington Weekly announced the following items of interest: Administration News: NIH Studies Show Graduated Drivers Licensing ... Read More

I hope you find the following article of interest:  “Legal Issues Surrounding Social Media Background Checks” By Michelle Sherman, Sheppard Mullin, Los Angeles Agatha Christie had a novel... Read More

Jury consultant Harry Plotkin posted the November 2011 Jury Tip of the Month:  ARE ETHICAL AND LEGAL THE SAME TO YOUR JURORS?  Anyone who has ever worked in a competitive industry in the business wo... Read More

January 9-11, 2012, Beaver Creek, Colorado The Law Offices of Ian Mattoch is proud to announce an exhibit at Craig Hospital’s Brain Injury Summit showcasing its Continuing Commitment Program. ... Read More

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued guidance on plaintiffs’ obligations regarding Medicare liens against settlements in Medicare secondary payer (MSP) claims. CMS has a... Read More

If a trial attorney has done a good job, then the central premise of a case should be clear and simple to each juror.  It is the attorney’s job to do much more than assemble strong, compelling ev... Read More

On September 30, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its first guidance about the use of Liability Medicare Set-aside Arrangements (“LMSAs”).  This one page ... Read More

Saturday, October 1, 2011 marked the start of Hawaii Concert Society’s 50th Season in Hilo, Hawai`i.  Members of the The Law Offices of Ian Mattoch’s Hilo and Honolulu Offices were prese... Read More

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted an alert (the “Alert”) that confirms that there has been an extension, in certain cases, of the reporting trigger date for Mandato... Read More

On September 26, 2011, Ian Mattoch was notified that he was included in the top 10 percent of the nation’s highly recognized professionals.  Not only was Ian included in the top 10% of the le... Read More

Right or wrong, jurors impose their own expectations and common sense on unfamiliar situations.  And other than cases that involve commonly-experienced situations like driving and employment, most tr... Read More

“Voir dire” generally refers to the process by which prospective jurors are questioned about their backgrounds and potential biases before being chosen to sit on a jury. In practice under ... Read More