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Joseph Raczynski Named Top 10 AI Entrepreneurs Making an Impact in 2025
Top 10 AI Entrepreneurs Making an Impact in 2025 from MSN In a world where artificial intelligence is reshaping industries at lightning speed, some entrepreneurs aren’t just keeping pace, they’re setting the standard. These are the innovators building smarter systems,…
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Forum: The LawFirmDAO offers bold predictions of future firm partnerships
Originally published in Forum Magazine By Joseph Raczynski Could decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) revolutionize how law firm partnerships are going to be structured in the near future? Imagine a fully decentralized law firm. What might that look like? What if…
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Tech Snippets Today – New Series Release!
As a way to encapsulate my travels and meetings with ridiculously accomplished and fascinating people from around the world, I am releasing a new series called Tech Snippets Today. These are informal conversations with some of the brightest minds across…
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Animated Series: What’s Up with the Metaverse
Originally published on the ABA Center for Innovation, Innovation and You by Joseph Raczynski with creative by Elise Harmening, Esq. What’s Up with the Metaverse, was written by Joseph Raczynski of Thomson Reuters, a member of the Governing Council for the…
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Animated Series: What is an API?
Originally published on the ABA Center for Innovation, Innovation and You by Joseph Raczynski with creative by Elise Harmening, Esq. What is an API?, was written by Joseph Raczynski of Thomson Reuters, a member of the Governing Council for the Center…
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5 questions about the environmental impact of crypto-mining
Originally published on Thomson Reuters Insights by Gina Jurva, with Joseph Raczynski. Is the act of mining for cryptocurrency damaging to the environment? We asked our resident technologist to assess this emerging landscape Two hot words in the corporate and…
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DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) and Regulation
Originally published on Cryptos on the Rise. A DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) is a revolutionary change in the manner that people and businesses can organize. Leveraging blockchain technology, it is a decentralized model of control and governance. The essence of…
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Lawyers and the Metaverse
Interview from Asian Legal Business published April 2022 How did you discover your passion for all things innovation and technology related? When I was a young boy, I watched a movie that transformed my life then and by happenstance altered…
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Mind-shifting into blockchain, cryptocurrency, and the future of asset ownership in the metaverse
Originally posted on Our Purpose – Thomson Reuters Are you ready to jump down the rabbit hole? Well, so begins one of the most transformative periods in human history. What began as a widely dismissed experiment unleashed on the world…
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Top 10 err.. 16 LegalTech Talks of 2021! Now available!
The list is out! Last year was an amazing one for LegalTech talks and thought leadership. I presented over 70 times on Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, AI, Workflow, and the Legal Platform. It was also a fascinating year where edgy concepts entered…
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Buying the Constitution: The rise of DAOs in legal
Originally published on Thomson Reuters Institute on November 18, 2021. Could Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) become the model for future business structures and transform the legal industry in the process? Update: After this blog post was published, the ConstitutionDAO fell short…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Houman Shadab, Professor of Law NYLS
From the producers… Bitcoin: bringing FOMO since 2013. What would your scream sound like if you had dismissed Bitcoin as a joke in your law class in 2013 at $100 dollars – when it sits at $60,000 today? Joe’s guest…
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The Metaverse is coming: Is the legal market prepared?
Are you ready for the Metaverse? Probably not, but please bear with me, because the legal implications will be enormous. Open your creative mind first, and at the very end apply your critical thinking legal intellect. Here we go. Originally…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Andy Wishart, CPO Agiloft
From the producer… This week, Joe takes a break from legal futurology and tries his hand at being a pub singer. We’re here for it. And so (much to his horror) is Andy Wishart – Chief Product Officer at Agiloft…
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Digital Nomads – Future of Work Discussion
This is a deep dive on the future of work around the world and the technology trends that impact them.
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3 Geeks and A Law Blog – The Geek in Review Ep. 128 – Joseph Raczynski – The Red and Blue Pill Matrix of AI and Emerging Legal Tech
This was a ton of fun! I had the chance to record this “holding Joe’s feet to the fire” 😉 conversation about the future of legal industry and where we all may be going with dynamic duo of Marlene Gebauer and Greg Lambert.…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Stan Litow, Professor Duke and Columbia University
From the producer… The achievements of this episode’s guest have been celebrated by the Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard Business Review, The Economist, The New York Times, Forbes and Wired. Joe is talking to the founder of P-TECH, and author…
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The impact of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs on the legal industry with Joseph Raczynski
It was a ton of fun recording this podcast with the omniscient and ever engaging Joseph Gartner at the ABA Center for Innovation – (full transparency, I sit on the Council). With Joey’s new role as Director and Counsel, we chatted all things #blockchain, #cryptocurrencies, and #NFTs and their…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Stevie Ghiassi, Co-founder Legaler and Legaler Aid
Question: What do the Iranian national football team, NFTs, Hotel Rwanda and tennis great, Andy Murray have in common? Answer: Stevie Ghiassi, Co-founder of Legaler and Legaler Aid. And my guest this week! In this episode, Stevie chats with me…
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Bye-bye, banks! Hello DeFi… Our bankless society has officially begun
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a multi-billion-dollar movement that may end up changing the way we all bank Imagine a time where banks are not needed. Think about all the financial instruments we use today — currency, loans, insurance, bonds, credit…
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Amazon law and innovation take center stage at Legal Geek’s Uncertain Decade summit
What do you enjoy about your Amazon experience? Likely everything. The company’s success is derived from a few simple words of company CEO Jeff Bezos’ ethos: “Delight your customers.” Yet, when you think about innovation, what does that look like…
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The Law Firm of the Future
Interview with Joseph Raczynski, written by Michelle Worrall Tilton Kanas City Metropolitan Bar Association Attorneys look to precedent to solve today’s legal problems. “Steeped in tradition” is how we often describe the legal profession. As result, it’s no surprise that…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Andrew Fletcher, Director at Thomson Reuters Labs
Lots of fun this week on The Hearing Podcast with my colleague Andrew Fletcher, Director at the Thomson Reuters Labs. If you enjoy uncovering what the future (and the now) of the legal industry might look like, take a listen. …
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CodeX FutureLaw 2021: Computational contracts create a Big Bang in legal
Originally published on the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski The bleeding edge of the legal industry is now building interfaces at the intersection of code and law through computational contracts. These computational contracts (sometime called smart contracts), according to Stanford University,…
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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): Asset ownership via blockchain rockets into legal
In a two-part series, we will look at Non-Fungible Tokens, explaining what they are and how they will impact numerous industries; and how decentralized finance (DeFi) is critical to understanding NFT’s importance within the legal industry. Originally published on the Legal…
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Understanding the lessons of the pandemic and human nature at Legal Geek
Originally published on Thomson Reuters, Legal Institute. By Joseph Raczynski The pandemic was “the great equalizer” for the legal industry, combining the good from before with the great from the now. A recent half-day virtual event, Legal Geek Presents Thomson Reuters…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Federico Ast – Cofounder & CEO – Kleros
From the producer: Here at The Hearing HQ we’ve really missed travelling. So being whisked (virtually) to Buenos Aires for this week’s episode was a real treat! Meet Joe’s guest, Federico Ast, the CEO and founder of Kleros. He’s deeply…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Karim Sabbidine – Associate at Thompson Hine
From the producer: On The Hearing, we’ve talked to people at the top of their game about their experiences of lockdown. We’ve gained advice from experts on how businesses can best weather these unprecedented times. And this week Joe chats…
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Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Needs to Prove Itself, Expert Says
Published on Lifewire Written by Michelai Graham – Interview with Joseph Raczynski Facebook is scaling back its ambitious plans to move into the cryptocurrency sector while users on the platform aren’t showing much confidence in the site’s new addition. The…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Doug Pepe – Partner – Joseph Hage Aaronson LLC
From the producer: You may have watched as Mark Zuckerberg explained the internet to Congress in a way that felt a bit unnecessary. Well, this episode is sort of the opposite of that. Joe Raczynski is joined by legal and…
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ILTA’s 2020 Annual Legal Technology Survey
It’s out! In a year unlike any of the 30 previous annual surveys, the 2020 International Legal Technology Association’s (ILTA’s) Annual Survey breaks down the technology transformation afoot resulting from the ongoing pandemic. With insightful data-driven industry trends, this year’s ILTA survey…
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The Hearing: Episode 65 – Special *US Election* Episode
In this special US election installment of the Hearing Podcast, Sanaz Asgharzadeh, former big law firm attorney now heading her own practice, Atlas Law Firm, speak with me about the election. With the caveat that at the time of recording…
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Teaching Law With Technology Prize 2020
While the judges deliberated, I gave professors, students, lawyers, and technologists in the UK a glimpse of the technological innovations coming in the near and longer terms and sense of what this could mean for legal advisers. Blog: https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/legal-uk/2020/10/12/linda-chaddertons-legally-bound-wins-the-teaching-law-with-technology-prize-2020/
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Podcast: The Hearing – Ron Levine – General Counsel – Herrick, Feinstein LLP
In this week’s episode, we showcase a conversation with Ron Levine, General Counsel at Herrick, Feinstein LLP. Ron, a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, speaks as a thoughtful realist, proponent for good, and a practitioner of what…
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ILTA-ON goes on: Biggest legal tech conference of the year presses onward
Originally published on the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski In a year like no other, the most prominent legal technology conference recently wrapped their weeklong virtual event as the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) morphed its annual ILTACON event…
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LegalTech Report Card and Predictions 2020 to 2060 – ILTA Conference 2020
I had the privilege of being selected to report on how ILTA (International Legal Technology Association) did on their predictions from 2013 up to today, during their 2020 ILTA-ON Conference. Even more fun, predicting what technology and LegalTech will look…
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Podcast: The Hearing – David Brown – Legal Director at Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
In this episode I am joined by David Brown, Legal Director of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF). TLDEF is a transgender-led organisation fighting for transgender rights through litigation and other legal avenues. Working with numerous law firms,…
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Part 2: APIs: The cardiovascular system of the legal platform
Originally published on the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski Previously, we discussed how platforms create an ecosystem or environment that allow people and businesses to interact and accomplish tasks and ultimately create a network that can connect and benefit the entire…
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Part 1: What the heck is a legal platform and why does it matter now?
Originally published on the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski In the past, I’ve spoke about a possible tsunami of change within the legal industry. It is something I have been carefully watching for several years, but now I think…
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Part 4: Legal Geek’s Uncertain Decade – The future of legal technology & digital transformation
Originally published on the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski By 2030 we will see significant lawyer work being done by machines. As exponential growth of technology consumes to world, the legal industry is especially appetizing. As a result, legal services will…
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The current status of the (virtual) courts
Originally published on the Legal Executive Institute By Joseph Raczynski Likely the single most salient after-effect of the current pandemic on the legal landscape is its impact on the courts. Previously, the variance of their technological proficiency ranged from fundamentally…
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Part 3: Legal Geek’s Uncertain Decade: How does the US and the UK match-up in legal?
Originally published on the Legal Executive Institute By Joseph Raczynski In the next decade legal knowledge will be a skill, not a practice. The assumption is that knowledge is table stakes, and technology is now the enabler buoyed by flourishing…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Chris Mohr – VP for Intellectual Property and GC at SIIA
This week we talk privacy, piracy, and intellectual property. Before the lockdown, I sat down with Chris Mohr, VP for Intellectual Property and GC at Software and Information Industry Association. Working at the heart of the US federal government in…
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How technology is ridging the financial inequality gap for the unbanked
Originally published on AnswersOn. By Gina Jurva – Joseph Raczynski The Covid-19 pandemic is exposing long-standing societal inequalities that range from access to healthcare to access to childcare and place our society is under a microscope. One of the biggest challenges is…
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2020 cloud update—acceleration to platform
Originally published on Legal Insights Europe. By Joseph Raczynski Cloud adoption has increased steadily over the last several years since we last forecast an Increasingly Cloudy outlook for law firms in 2017. The most recent industry data, ILTA’s 2019 Technology Survey finds that 72…
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Part 2: Legal Geek’s Uncertain Decade: Can ALSPs provide what their clients want & need?
Originally published on AnswersOn. By Joseph Raczynski General counsel (GCs) across the United States and the United Kingdom have varied approaches to the current market conditions, according to recent surveys. Interestingly, at the center of the debate is how alternative…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Gail Gove – General Counsel – Reuters
I spoke with Gail Gove, General Counsel at Reuters who takes us behind the scenes of the case that grabbed the world’s attention in 2018: the incredible story of Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were imprisoned…
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Part 1: Legal Geek’s Uncertain Decade: Debating the future of the legal industry
Originally published in AnswersOn. By Joseph Raczynski It’s the questions on the mind of every legal professional: What will legal life look like after the COVID-19 pandemic passes? What will this “new normal” actually be? And more specifically, if courts…
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Will COVID-19 Make Cash Obsolete?
Originally published on the Legal Executive Institute. By Gina Jurva – Joseph Raczynski Is the COVID-19 pandemic more quickly moving the world to a cashless society? One where almost all financial transactions are not conducted with physical banknotes or coins,…
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Work From Home Checklist
Last week I created a checklist for those organizations that have not had people, at scale, work from home. There are two lists. The first list helps someone who has not worked from home previously checkoff that they have all…
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LegalWeek 2020: Leveraging AI to Combat Financial Crimes
Originally published in the Legal Executive Institute. By Joseph Raczynski NEW YORK — With increasing data flow among global financial institutions expanding, compounded by newly minted hybrid financial organizations in FinTech, managing these highly regulated transactions is progressively more complicated.…
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