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Internships: Lessons from HBO’s Girls

A scene of the HBO series, Girls, captures the current state of internships.   Hannah, played by the show’s creator, Lena Dunham, is an unpaid intern for an indie publishing house in New York City.   Cut off financially by her parents …

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The Effect of the JOBS Act on Private Placements and Secondary Markets

As expected, last week President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which, as I reported, is intended to create jobs by facilitating the initiation and growth of entrepreneurial companies. The Act’s primary way of promoting growth is …

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