FinanciaRUL

Since the passing of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, otherwise known as DTSA, trade secret litigation has been having a profound impact on industries both domestic and abroad. The changes to trade secret law have had far-reaching implications for many areas of daily life, even if the direct effects are not felt by most citizens immediately. Domestic Changes: Increasing Filings Since 2016, trade secret litigation has had a greatly increasing presence in domestic litigation and legal issues. Following … Continue reading “Trade Secret Law Impacting Industries Everywhere”

Vaccines are crucial to the continuation of humankind: if not for Maurice Hilleman, who spent his life inventing and developing vaccines for illnesses that plagued children, the child and infant mortality rate would be unimaginable; if not for the discovery of the influenza vaccine, countries across the world would lose countless citizens every year. In the U.S. alone, vaccines are estimated to prevent nearly 2.5 million unnecessary deaths each year. We know that they’re important and that we have dozens … Continue reading “Saving Lives: How Vaccines Are Created And Developed”

There may be a nationwide construction worker shortage, but that doesn’t mean that the industry isn’t thriving. Estimates from the Associated General Contractors of America show that there are currently 670,000 commercial construction companies that employ more than 7 million workers all across the country. In fact, construction workers are actually among the top occupations rated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for projected job growth over the next decade. In some ways, the shortage of labor can actually … Continue reading “SheHerWork Creates Much-Needed Construction Gear For Women”

The way people eat food hasn’t changed all that much, but the way people are receiving their meals certainly has. For instance, the number of fast food restaurants in the U.S. has more than doubled since the 1970s, and American consumers are spending more than $500 billion on restaurant dining each year; $200 million of that is spent on takeout and delivery. Additionally, 34% of Americans visit casual dining restaurants once a week and more than 200 million U.S. consumers visited a … Continue reading “Digital Food Delivery Services Becoming Much More Popular Across the Globe”

The data on how Maryland’s job market fared in November is in, and it looks positive. The unemployment rate dropped to 4% in November from 4.1% the month before. The state also added 7,900 jobs in November, with the professional and business services industry leading those additions. According to the figures the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Dec. 21, November’s national unemployment rate was at 3.7%, the same percentage as the month before. Although Maryland’s … Continue reading “Maryland’s Unemployment Rate Drops As More Jobs Are Added”

Historically, there has been a structure to the steps in life. You get married, buy a house, and then have kids; that was what your grandparents did and what your parents did, and now what you were expected to do — it was as simple as that. However, life just isn’t that simple anymore. Millennials (those born between 1981 and 1996) aren’t satisfied with such a cookie cutter definition of success and are shaking the system up: those crucial steps … Continue reading “Renting Vs Owning: The Times They Are A-Changin’”

A data center, technically speaking, is defined as a large group of networked computer systems that store, process, or distribute massive amounts of data. As such, they require and depend on locations that have access to sufficient and affordable power and space. Since the cost of starting and running a data center can easily (and often does) run into the tens of millions, the taxes associated are sky-high. Data centers are subject to both sales and property taxes, including those … Continue reading “How Machine Learning May Impact Data Center Tax Incentives”