Tag: Legal
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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 the LegalTech space, including the Metaverse and NFTs. In all likelihood, these will continue to…
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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 mathematical macroeconomics genius Doug Pepe, to take us through blockchain, tokens and cryptocurrency in a…
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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 Washington DC, Chris tells us about life as a lobbyist on Capitol Hill and how…
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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, but rather through the transfer of digital information via a smartphone? Thomson Reuters technologist and…
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Podcast: The Hearing – Meredith Williams-Range – Chief Knowledge and Client Value Officer at Shearman & Sterling
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 the bright lights of New…
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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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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 firm’s reputation. Four years ago,…
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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 topics with Judith Alison Lee, a…
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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 regulation is about to hit…
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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 Initiative. Before a crowd of…
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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 ledger technology and the ways…
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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. Steve Kovalan and Nicolas Bruch,…
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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 spoke at the event on…
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Increasingly Cloudy — Law Firms Continue the Flight into the Storage Heavens and What the Future Holds
Originally published on the Legal Executive Institute By Joseph Raczynski With the recently released ILTA Technology Survey there is little question that Cloud adoption is drifting upward at law firms. I have also seen this trend through recent conversations with law firm CIOs and CTOs. The shift is real. ILTA’s survey qualified this change to…
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Blockchain Explained (59 mins)
By Joseph Raczynski This is a talk that I gave recently about Blockchain technology based on my engagement and understanding of the technology since Bitcoin circa 2011. I preface this with how technology is having an impact on all of our lives – exponentially. It serves as a complete overview of what Blockchain technology is…
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Blockchain Has Arrived in Legal: Important Observations from Consensus 2017
By Joseph Raczynski Originally published in The Legal Executive Institute NEW YORK — There was a real moment of inflection recently for me in how I think about the coupling of the legal industry and Blockchain. Having been involved in Bitcoin since 2011 and an evangelist on the topic with dozens of talks in the U.S.…
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Google Glass – Full Demo
By Joseph Raczynski This is part five in a series of video’s surrounding Google Glass. This is the full demo of Google Glass. In this video we get to see the complete Google Glass. Take a look at the Google Glass Explorer program. Glass Series Includes: 1) Glass Unboxing 2) Thoughts on Glass: Privacy, Security…