Features Region: Northeast

The culture, food, language, temperature and social norms can vary wildly even across different cities in the United States—so, conducting business throughout the world, in cities such as Tokyo and New York City, has been an exhilarating experience for Thomas Salatte. In 1995, he joined the Americas legal department at Nomura, a Japanese financial holding […]

Every day can be rewarding for Tom Griffin when he’s out and about New York City or the rest of the United States. He’ll pass an independent auto parts retailer and see the parking lot teeming with customers. Or maybe it’ll be a software startup that’s about to introduce the latest app. Or a franchisee-owned […]

Treat the patient first and a successful business will follow. It seems like a motto that should be common in the healthcare industry, but with taxes, bills, overhead and other budget strains, financial concerns are often the first thought with patients being second. Such was the experience of Tom Guild and John Heller, who, in […]

Tyler Brody thought he understood health insurance and its nuances when he joined the Cigna legal department in January 2014. But it literally hit home the following August when his 13-month-old son was diagnosed with a rare and incurable leukemia that left him with just four months to live. Not that it eased the young […]

No matter where the innovations take place, it’s still the Wild West on the autonomous vehicle front. Companies worldwide are in a high-stakes race to create, fine-tune and commercialize the first self-driving vehicles, sometimes by forging partnerships with entities with whom they normally compete. As often happens in new industries, legislation and regulation lag behind […]

When a teenager works at American Eagle Outfitters Inc., they expect certain things: a store discount, new friends and a biweekly paycheck.  Recently, though, retail employees have been given the chance to gain something unexpected: a college scholarship. Made possible through a $5 million endowment from the American Eagle Outfitters Foundation, the scholarships are for […]

Tom Greco didn’t see this coming when he was in law school. But 40 years later, he says the internship opportunity at the American Bankers Association allowed him to build a varied and enriching legal career. Now senior vice president and senior counsel for contracts and technology, Greco helps the ABA and its members move […]

With socially responsible commerce on the rise, consumers are becoming more and more conscious of not only what they buy, but from whom. For many businesses, this means putting more emphasis on integrity. “It’s about understanding what people’s lived realities are, striving to elevate ethical decision-making in all our endeavors and really committing to what […]

Having learned to fly before he could drive, Timothy Adelman says a good pilot is always thinking several steps ahead. Emergency procedures. In-flight processes and protocols. Potential weather-related problems. Those are what they keep in mind. Likewise, he says anticipation and preparation are extremely helpful qualities for in-house lawyers, and he does his best to […]

When going to work at Sanofi Pasteur each day, Thomas Ghignone keeps one goal in mind that’s both ambitious and simply expressed. “We want to live in a world where no one suffers or dies from a vaccine-preventable disease,” Ghignone says. “It’s what drives us every day. However, we’re working with live organisms here, and […]