Occasionally in the law, the irresistible force meets the unmovable object. The post Sweet Home Alabama? Not So Much first appeared on Loeb & Herman ..read more

Occasionally in the law, the irresistible force meets the unmovable object. The post Law as a career first appeared on Loeb & Herman ..read more

Occasionally in the law, the irresistible force meets the unmovable object. The post A Look Back at 2023’s Debacles in the Law first appeared on Loeb & Herman ..read more

Occasionally in the law, the irresistible force meets the unmovable object. The post Court of Appeals punts first appeared on Loeb & Herman ..read more

Sports, being highly sensitive to public opinion, has greatly reduced the number of ties. Football games have overtime. Golf has extra holes. Hockey and soccer (well, some soccer games) have shootouts. The post Ties are for losers first appeared on Loeb & Herman ..read more

While part of me (a large part) would prefer a different topic for this month, avoiding the controversial issues affecting the Wisconsin Supreme Court is not consistent with my role as a columnist on our legal system. The post Not playing nice together first appeared on Loeb & Herman ..read more

Ads for personal injury lawyers (and there sure are a lot of them), use some version of “we don’t get paid unless you get paid”.  One variety is “you don’t pay us, unless we win.”  Which brings up two questions:   First, who is in this “we?”  And second, how do you define “winning?” The post Defining Winning first appeared on Loeb & Herman ..read more

As usual, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a slew of cases in June, clearing the calendar for the end of their term. Of the cases filed, only two were disciplinary cases. The post Are lawyers more ethical? first appeared on Loeb & Herman ..read more

The judge is the most important role in having a fair and efficient legal system. Properly performed, it requires intelligence, compassion, savvy and patience. All of those attributes may (or may not) deteriorate with age. So, should there be a mandatory retirement age for judges, like there is for airline pilots? The post Age isn’t just a number when it comes to mandatory judicial retirement first appeared on Loeb & Herman ..read more

Much as I like to vary topics in my monthly column, the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court election presents too much fodder for comment and is too important to simply let it go. The post Meditating on mediation first appeared on Loeb & Herman ..read more