Features Region: Northeast

Adam Schreck spent seven years in private practice before considering how he wanted to advance his career—and whether he wanted to continue the path to making partner. “No matter how great any private practice is—legal or otherwise—it only has a finite number of pie slices—a competitive model I didn’t really want to continue immersing myself […]

The arrests draw headlines for a time—perhaps it’s an online sting operation where men expect to meet girls and young women for sex. Perhaps it’s a raid at a business that’s illegally employing workers and cheating them on wages while forcing them to work in unsafe conditions. Another world away, it may be the seizure […]

Mendocino, California. Gunter, Texas. Magdalena, New Mexico. These are just a few of the towns that have run out of water in recent years, whether because of a reliance on shallow wells that dried up during a drought, mechanical glitches in wells due to extreme heat or the town’s water table falling by 20 feet.  […]

At least 20 percent of global electricity use comes from air conditioners, but a report from the International Energy Agency predicts that AC-related energy demand will triple worldwide by 2050. The past eight years have been the hottest on record, and that trend shows no signs of reversing. There’s another problem afoot besides climate change, […]

There’s nothing like total immersion to get one acclimated to a new role. So says Alyssa (Kaplun) Flores about her first day as a member of the Ziff Davis legal department in July 2018. “I opened my inbox to find due diligence materials for the acquisitions of Ekahau and Downdetector,” she recalls. “Since then, I […]

Healthcare professionals, especially nurses, saw a sharp uptick in violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the American Hospital Association, studies have found that up to 44 percent of nurses withstood physical violence and 68 percent dealt with verbal abuse from patients during the pandemic. Those trends surfaced at Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover, Delaware, […]

When Angelo Chaclas was in law school, he never dreamed he’d one day be helping turn trash into treasure. But as senior vice president, chief legal officer, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary of Trinseo, a global specialty materials provider of plastics and latex binders, Chaclas has led the company through three recent acquisitions and […]

Compliance at Revlon is anything but cosmetic for Alison Hinds-Pearl. In fact, it’s her career. As the company’s chief compliance officer and assistant general counsel since May 2021, Hinds-Pearl leads a team of four legal professionals who collaborate with HR throughout the company to manage compliance issues globally. This includes conducting internal investigations, advising on […]

Aaron Mandel started his studies at Penn State University expecting to become a meteorologist, but fate—and the difficulties of fluid dynamics—intervened to steer him toward a different career. One semester, he took a class titled “Philosophy of Law” and was fascinated with the coursework. Students had to prepare a research memo on a given issue, […]

Adam VanWagner isn’t working with lights or cameras anymore. But there’s been no shortage of action in his role as chief legal officer at MoneyLion. As MoneyLion approaches its 10th anniversary in 2023, VanWagner has led the legal team’s effort in taking it public and then acquiring two companies he says are integral to the […]