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Practice Tip (via ABL): How to Become an (Almost) Indispensable Junior Associate

March 8, 2011 by Daniel Burton

Short of going solo, there’s almost no way around the fact: you’re going to be a junior associate before you become a partner. But that doesn’t mean you have to wait to be a partner to start thinking like one. Start now, says Above the Law. Take ownership of winning your case or completing your […]

Welfare State: Handouts Make Up One-Third of U.S. Wages – CNBC

March 8, 2011 by Daniel Burton

1 in 3 of us is on the government dole: Even as the economy has recovered, social welfare benefits make up 35 percent of wages and salaries this year, up from 21 percent in 2000 and 10 percent in 1960, according to TrimTabs Investment Research using Bureau of Economic Analysis data. “The U.S. economy has […]