Wilkins Breezes Through D.C. Circuit Confirmation Hearing

NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Wilkins Breezes Through D.C. Circuit Confirmation Hearing • House Committee Approves Bill on 'Frivolous' Lawsuits • Tech Sector Floats Support for Federal Helium Reserve • Managing Partner Q&A: Bruce Fried of Dentons • Massive, Free Online Classes Catch on With Law Schools • Judges Suffer Under Weight of Caseloads Wilkins Breezes Through D.C. Circuit Confirmation Hearing By the time Robert Wilkins had his confirmation hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill, even the senators had grown weary of the political fight over President Barack Obama's three simultaneous nominations to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.... Read More » House Committee Approves Bill on 'Frivolous' Lawsuits Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee moved forward Wednesday, over the objection of Democrats, on a bill aimed at reducing "frivolous" lawsuits. The Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013, which the committee passed 17-10, would bring back four key sanctions... Read More » Tech Sector Floats Support for Federal Helium Reserve General Electric Co., International Business Machines Corp., and Intel Corp. this week raised their voices over next month's slated closure of the Federal Helium Reserve, urging Congress to move quickly to keep the storehouse's gas flowing to high-tech manufacturers. Scheduled... Read More » Managing Partner Q&A: Bruce Fried of Dentons Bruce Fried started at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in January 2003. A practicing health care attorney, Fried took on the role of Washington managing partner of Dentons—after Sonnenschein's participation in a mega-merger in 2010. Legal Times recently sat down with... Read More » Massive, Free Online Classes Catch on With Law Schools Massive open online courses—or MOOCs—are all the rage in higher education. But law schools are only starting to test the waters with these free, Internet-based classes that can reach thousands of students around the globe. Read More » Judges Suffer Under Weight of Caseloads Being a federal judge apparently isn't the career path it used to be. On that, the Senate Judiciary Committee found bipartisan agreement at a hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill, where judges spoke about the thankless grind of overwhelming caseloads. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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