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The thought leadership arm of Joseph Raczynski, we speak with the best and most innovative global companies and personalities.
Conversations cover the latest trends in technology and go in-depth on the philosophical implications of these new technologies. We primarily cover emerging technology including Agentic AI, Blockchain, cybersecurity, NFTs, cryptocurrency and general business digital transformation.
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In this week’s episode, I am joined by the preeminent thought leader in legal tech, and Chief Knowledge and Client Value Officer at Shearman & Sterling, Meredith Williams-Range. Taking us on a journey from her small-town, rural upbringing just outside of Memphis (where you’ll find the absolute best BBQ) to…
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World Bank Presentation on Access to Justice Through Technology
Recently I had the opportunity to present at the World Bank on “Access to Justice”. My focus for this talk was on how people around the world can be lifted from poverty with new tools enabled by mobile phones. Through the use of blockchain and AI, people can learn how…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Sandie Okro – SVP & GC, The World Bank
This week’s distinguished guest is Sandie Okoro, the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the World Bank. I sat down with Sandie who talks about how, from an early age, she learned that when someone limits your ambition it can become something to fight for and drive you…
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Justice for all? The impact of AI & blockchain on legal accessibility
Originally published on AnswersOn By Joseph Raczynski I have been incredibly fortunate to have traveled extensively, which has impacted my global vision. Visiting almost 40 countries, I have witnessed firsthand the enormous discrepancies in wealth, opportunities, and lifestyles that exist around the world today. I’ve seen the lavish gilded rooms,…
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The 4th Annual Government Day: The Reality and Skepticism of Innovation and Blockchain
Originally published on the Legal Executive Institute By Joseph Raczynski WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Government sector strives to ramp up its efforts to more widely integrate cutting edge technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things (IoT), it is running into a myriad of challenges. Not the least…
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Legal technology conference (r)evolution—the launch of Legal Geek North America
Originally published in Legal Insights Europe. By Joseph Raczynski Like the legal industry itself, legal technology conferences are transforming and Legal Geek is leading the change. These industry events are finally beginning to mirror the, more, customer centric start-up community perspective. Taking a step back, a decade ago the most renown…
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Cybersecurity at the centre – competing globally with different rules
Originally published on Legal Insights Europe. By Joseph Raczynski The topic of global cybersecurity will challenge each one of us. It is an unstable concoction of cultural norms and legal property rights patiently awaiting attention before it bursts. The overarching question is ‘how can legal organizations and overall society manage rising…
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An initiative for global prosperity: tech savvy start-ups compete to solve world problems
Originally published on AnswersOn. By Joseph Raczynski The Global Maker Challenge is an online open-innovation platform that offers an opportunity for “makers” and innovators to connect and collaborate, across the globe, and try to solve real-world problems affecting people’s lives. ABU DHABI & DUBAI, UAE — Recently the Mohammed…
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Consensus 2019: Blockchain’s Biggest US Conference Sees Increased Legal Oversight Coming
Originally published on The Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski NEW YORK — The fifth annual Consensus — the preeminent cryptocurrency and blockchain conference powered by CoinDesk — wrapped a rousing three-day event in mid-May that produced several legal-leaning themes in the ever-mingling world of technology and the law. On the anti-money laundering (AML) front, Sigal…
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What is the current state of legal technology around the world?
Originally published on Legal Insights Europe by Joseph Raczynski Technology discussions once reserved solely for select Chief Information Officers (CIO), Chief Technology Officers (CTO), and technologists—are now commonplace for executive committees, partners, and associates at law firms. This transformative shift over the last four years is remarkable to witness. With…
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Kleros.io (a Thomson Reuters Incubatee) Publishes Handbook of Decentralized Justice
Kleros.io is a blockchain startup which Thomson Reuters incubates in the Legal Technology space. They recently published a book about dispute resolution using blockchain technology. I had the good fortune to work with Federico Ast, Founder & CEO on a chapter for the book. Please feel free to download a…
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Modern Law Magazine: Embarking on an Era of Abundance in the Legal Industry
Here is my latest post from Modern Law Magazine. By Joseph Raczynski Over the course of the next five years, the legal industry will be flush with opportunity. While much of the rote legal work will be done by automation, producing a period of interstitial angst at law firms, burgeoning…
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Traveling Around the World (literally – 37,503 miles or 60,355 KM) – A Global Jaunt to Connect with Customers
Over the last eight weeks I have traveled around the world to meet our customers, with enough miles technically to have traversed the earth one and a half times or over 37,000 miles. Background: I had the good fortune to visit customers and present in London, Grand Cayman, New York,…
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Video: Generate 2018 – Darkside of the Web
Have you wondered what is going on these days on the Web with cybersecurity for Law Firms? This is a deep dive and more information on how a hacker goes after IoT devices from the Generate Conference in London.
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Video: Generate 2018 – Blockchain & Legal
What does the future of blockchain look like in the Legal industry. See this overview with special insights from Kleros on how dispute resolution might be enabled through this technology.
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Forum Magazine: Blockchain’s Promise – Verifying Value One Block at a Time
Originally published in Forum Magazine by Joseph Raczynski Blockchain technology is truly transformative, impacting almost every industry. Over the next decade, this technology will significantly transmute the legal landscape as well – a process that has already begun. Blockchain was initially considered a ridiculous notion – the idea of a digitized…
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The vice grip of cybersecurity concerns on law firms
Originally published on Legal Insights UK & Ireland By Joseph Raczynski Law firms stand in a very precarious position in the cybersecurity world. Next to financial institutions, private legal institutions are a virtual honey pot for cybercriminals. Any breach, no matter the size, impacts the client, and certainly could destroy a…
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Risk Management in the Cryptosphere: A Talk with Gibson Dunn’s Judith Alison Lee
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute By Joseph Raczynski Cryptocurrencies and its underlying blockchain technology is upending the traditional paradigm for financial institutions and regulators around risk management. This disruption includes unique challenges around identity association and verification in the cryptosphere, specifically around decentralized exchanges, applications (DApps), and identities. We discussed these…
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How medium-sized law firms can use legal tech to compete with the big industry players
Originally published in the Legal Insights UK & Ireland By Joseph Raczynski The familiar trio of ‘People, Process, and Technology’ play a role in every business. However, as medium-sized law firms increasingly compete for the same pool of clients with large law, it is the ‘Process and Technology’ that are shifting,…
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Legislating for the future: Drones in the UK
Portions originally published in The Guardian. by Joseph Raczynski 1. What are your thoughts on the UK’s drone regulations/regulatory approach, and how does it compare to other approaches around the world? Are there any ideas we should borrow from Australia, the US, etc? Drone enthusiast beware, a new era of…
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Artificial Intelligence and the UK vs. US Approach
Originally published on Legal Insights UK & Ireland By Joseph Raczynski, edits, questions and preface by Ann Lundin and Joe Davis. Artificial intelligence will threaten most jobs at some point soon—and new jobs will emerge’ The impact of innovative technology is undoubtedly going to radically reshape the delivery of legal services…
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Classification of Cryptocurrency: Coins, Tokens & Securitized Tokens
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski One of the most contentious debates in the cryptocurrency world surrounds classification of blockchain-based digital assets, tokens and cryptocurrencies. A panel at the recent Thomson Reuters Regulation of Financial Services Conference discussing the basics of cryptocurrencies examined this argument. With more than 1,650…
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Kill Chain: The 7 Stages of a Cyberattack
Originally published in the Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting Blog By Joseph Raczynski In our new world reality where cyberattacks are a daily occurrence and every organization must focus on critical infrastructure surrounding cybersecurity, businesses have begun to think like the military. How can we defend our enterprise? To that end,…
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Podcast: The Hearing With Kevin Poulter & Joseph Raczynski – Future Legal
Episode 2 of THE HEARING is now live! In episode 2 of The Hearing Podcast Kevin Poulter speaks to futurist Joseph Raczynski on #legaltech #AI #blockchain and the future of the robot lawyer. Listen now and subscribe to #thehearingpodcast on: iTunes – https://tmsnrt.rs/2swyzmz Spotify – https://tmsnrt.rs/2kOOpVw SoundCloud – https://tmsnrt.rs/2Js4deI
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Harvard Business School Panel: How Should ICOs and Cryptocurrencies Be Governed?
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute by Joseph Raczynski BOSTON — Recently I moderated a session at Harvard Business School surrounding its first annual Business, Regulation and Technology of Blockchain Conference. It was held in conjunction with the MIT China Innovation & Entrepreneurship Fund and the Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project’s Blockchain…
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Cyberattacks are here to stay – protect your organization with these 10 best practices
Originally published on the Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting Community Connect by Joseph Raczynski Our online connections can be downright frightening! The diabolical among us seize every opportunity to plunder our personal information. In fact, FireEye, a leading cybersecurity corporation, has some startling statistics to support this. When conducting an audit…
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Podcast: What the Heck is blockchain?
I had the pleasure of being a part of the Thomson Reuters Innovation Podcast series recently. This was a discussion about blockchain. In this talk with Katherine Manuel, Senior Vice President of Innovation in Strategy/Business Development, Jordan Kleinsmith – Director, Innovation in Strategy/Business Development and Sam Chadwick – Director of Strategy…
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Beyond Cryptocurrency: 5 Questions about the Future of Blockchain for Thomson Reuters Technologist Joe Raczynski
Written by Gina Scialabba and originally published by the Legal Executive Institute Blockchain — we’ve all heard about it, and also heard that it will certainly disrupt the financial, legal and public sector worlds near you. The real questions surrounding the future of blockchain, however, relates to the evolution of its virtual…
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Podcast: The Technology of Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies with Judith Alison Lee of Gibson Dunn (Part 2)
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski, Gregg Wirth, and Judith Alison Lee In the second part of our podcast on the technology behind blockchain and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, I speak with Judith Alison Lee, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair…
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Podcast: The Technology of Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies with Judith Alison Lee of Gibson Dunn (Part 1)
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski, Gregg Wirth, and Judith Alison Lee In the first part of our podcast on the technology behind blockchain and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, I speak with Judith Alison Lee, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Co-Chair…
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How to Launch an ICO Token on Ethereum in 90 Minutes
By Joseph Raczynski So you want to have your own cryptocurrency, eh? It is surprisingly not too cumbersome to create. If you have some very basic coding skills, general understand of a digital wallet, and the ability to follow point by point instructions, this should take about 90 minutes. I…
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Podcast: The Legal Impact of Autonomous Vehicles (Part 2) with Phil Yannella of Ballard Spahr
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski, Gregg Wirth, and Phil Yannella In the second of our podcasts on autonomous vehicles, I speak to Phil Yannella, the co-practice leader of Ballard Spahr’s Privacy and Data Security Group, about security and regulatory issues around driverless vehicles. Phil Yannella of Ballard…
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LegalWeek 2018: The Future Phase of the Legal Industry Holds Choppy Waters for Big Law
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute By Joseph Raczynski NEW YORK — Believe it or not, Big Law is primed to be disrupted within the next several years. At least according to one version of the future from LegalWeek’s fascinating snapshot of the state of the legal industry in 2018.…
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Leveraging blockchain to decrease data breaches, increase security
Originally published in Thomson Reuters By Joseph Raczynski In the not-too-distant future, blockchain will get personal – very personal. That’s a good thing when it comes to integrity of your digital identity. The Internet is a complex space for identity management. Every site has a login and password, and those…
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Podcast: The Legal Impact of Autonomous Vehicle Connectivity with Neal Walters of Ballard Spahr
Originally published in The Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski, Gregg Wirth, and Neal Waters In a new podcast, Neal Walters, the practice leader of Ballard Spahr’s Product Liability and Mass Tort group, speaks with Joe Racyznski, a legal technologist and futurist for Thompson Reuters Legal, about the legal impact of…
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Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies in Legal
By Joseph Raczynski Las Vegas, NV – ITLACON – Sarah Burno, Partner, Arent Fox and Joseph Raczynski, a technologist at Thomson Reuters, explore how blockchain will impact the Legal industry and discuss the beginnings of the cryptocurrency crazy.
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The Guardian: Driverless car crashes and data theft: law experts predict the court cases of the future
Very happy to have had a small role in this content. Originally published in The Guardian Driverless car crashes and data theft: law experts predict the court cases of the future | Legal horizons | The Guardian The rise of technologies such as driverless cars, the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart…
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MIT Legal Forum on AI & Blockchain Busts Open New Thinking
By Joseph Raczynski Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab – Cambridge MA – October 2017 – In one of the more unique and unusual conferences I have participated, the inaugural MIT Legal Forum on AI & Blockchain was a meeting of 200 minds from across academia, law firm, and corporations big and small.…
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Exploring Blockchain Proof of Concepts in Deployments and use Cases in the Finance Industry
By Joseph Raczynski October 2017 – Blockchain 360 IoT Conference – InterContinental New York Times Square – An esteemed panel took the stage to discuss the state of the union surrounding proof of concepts in the financial industry. The focus of the six; to delve into what is working with…
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Legal Technology/Internet 4.0 – How will Legal Technology Change the Industry?
By Joseph Raczynski INSOL Europe 2017 Annual Congress Warsaw INSOL Conference – Joseph Raczynski Warsaw, Poland – Sofitel Victoria. Before the full contingent of 400 attendees at the INSOL Europe Annual Congress a panel of three stepped into the future of legal technology and its impact on insolvency and the…
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2017 Emerging Legal Technology Forum: Examining the Blockchain Business Revolution
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski TORONTO — With a nearly palpable pre-session buzz, the blockchain panel at the Thomson Reuters 2017 Emerging Legal Technology Forum finally took stage in the afternoon, titillating attendees with an in-depth overview surrounding the technology’s pending impact on the legal landscape. The primary…
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Podcast: The Legal Implications of Driverless Car Technology with Akerman’s Gail Gottehrer (Part 2)
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski, Gregg Wirth, and Gail Gottehrer In a new two-part Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute podcast, Joe Raczynski, Legal Technologist and Futurist with Thomson Reuters Legal, discusses the hot topic of driverless car technology and its impact on the legal industry…
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Podcast: The Legal Implications of Autonomous Vehicle Technology with Akerman’s Gail Gottehrer (Part 1)
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski, Gregg Wirth & Gail Gottehrer In a new two-part Thomson Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute podcast, Joe Raczynski, Legal Technologist and Futurist with Thomson Reuters Legal, discusses the hot topic of autonomous vehicles and their impact on the legal industry with…
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Blockchain, a Disruptive Force Now Impacting the Legal Industry
Originally published in LegalBusinessWorld By Joseph Raczynski Blockchain, a Disruptive Force Now Impacting the Legal Industry Defining the technology and citing real world examples in Legal Basics of Blockchain We are at the precipice of transformative change in nearly every industry. Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is the cornerstone of…
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Understanding the Impact of Emerging Legal Tech: What is Here, What is Coming & What is Important?
This was originally posted in The Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski Major credit for these events goes to the respective Field teams in Boston, New York, and Hartford as well as home office – Marketing – on pulling these off with aplomb! A special thanks to the Thomson…
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Blockchain Takes the Stage at the British Legal Technology Forum 2017
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute By Joseph Raczynski LONDON — The recent British Legal Technology Forum 2017 — Europe’s largest event with more than 1,400 attendees and emceed by Richard Susskind — peered into the future of the legal industry by hosting a provocative talk on Blockchain technology. I…
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Emerging Technology in the Legal Industry (Video)
By Joseph Raczynski In this Vlog, learn about Emerging Technology in the Legal industry. I focus on the impact of the Trinity of Forces (Cloud, Infinite Processing Power and AI) on Emerging Technology in the Legal industry. The Emerging Technologies discussed are: Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Analytics, VR/MR/AR (Virtual Reality, Mixed…
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Cybersecurity Trends and The Dark Web in Legal (VBlog)
By Joseph Raczynski The latest video on Cybersecurity as it relates to the Legal industry. This was recorded for Thomson Reuters across all business units.
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Legal Technology is “Thriving”: Richard Susskind Hosts the British Legal Technology Forum 2017
Originally posted on the Legal Executive Institute By Joseph Raczynski LONDON — The British Legal Technology Forum 2017, Europe’s largest event focused on legal technology, was held recently at the exquisite Old Billingsgate along the Thames River. The event showcased 55 speakers on five stages, with more than 1,400 in…
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Blockchain Podcast from the British Legal Technology Forum 2017
Legal Technology and Blockchain. How I anticipate this will impact the legal industry.