Clarity

In this episode of the Thomson Reuters Institute (TRI) Clarity podcast, Nadya Britton, TRI Content Lead for tax, and Shaun Hunley, Executive Editor of Thomson Reuters Checkpoint, break down the newly signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act and discuss how you could be impacted. Delivering a clear, insightful look at the most important tax provisions included in this sweeping legislation, the pair examine what this really means in practice — from key changes that impact your clients to strategies for effective communication and preparation.  

In this episode of the Thomson Reuters Institute Clarity podcast, Mike Abbott, Head of the Thomson Reuters Institute, speaks with Steve Hasker, President and CEO of Thomson Reuters, about the recently released third annual Future of Professionals report, which looks at the impact AI is having on professional work and how legal firms, tax, audit & accounting firms, and in-house corporate teams can leverage their use of AI for maximum value.

The latest episode of our Clarity on Tech podcast explores the critical need for dedicated AI policies in federal agencies, featuring a discussion with Grace Cheng from Thomson Reuters Practical Law, around why AI policymaking in government agencies requires fundamentally different approaches than typical IT standards because of the unique ethical considerations, bias risks, and societal impacts that public agencies have to manage.

In this episode of the Thomson Reuters Institute (TRI) Clarity podcast, Nadya Britton, Enterprise Content Manager of Tax, Accounting, Audit, and Trade at TRI, speaks with Allen Stahl, Director of Strategic Tax & Accounting Technology at Thomson Reuters. Together, they explore the central theme of this year’s recent 2025 State of Tax Professionals Report: leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and drive growth in tax workflows. With firms increasingly prioritizing technology, the pair discuss how automation and AI integration are key strategies for boosting productivity and freeing up professionals to focus on higher-value services.

In our latest Clarity on Tech podcast, Judge Maritza Braswell and Judge Pamela Gates explore how AI currently is being integrated into trial courts and the potential future applications for it. The judges discuss the promising uses of AI for administrative tasks and improving access to justice, while also addressing concerns about overreliance, the risk of AI influencing judicial outcomes, and maintaining public trust in court decisions.

In the latest Clarity podcast, Thomson Reuters’ Will Strickland and Jenifer Fernandez are joined by trade expert Ryan Bialas, Director of Global Trade Compliance for Thermo Fisher Scientific, to explore how technology tools and innovative strategies are helping businesses mitigate the impacts of tariffs and how trade professionals can navigate changing tariff policies.

In the latest Clarity podcast, Rabihah Butler, Enterprise Content Manager for Risk, Fraud, Government & Courts for Thomson Reuters Institute (TRI), speaks with David Slayton, Executive Officer and Clerk of Court for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and Andrea Miller, Senior Research Associate at the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). The group discusses the findings of the latest report from TRI and NCSC, “Staffing, Operations and Technology: A 2025 Survey of State Courts” and the reasons behind the judiciary's slow embrace of AI technologies and what this hesitation signifies for the future of our justice system.

AI agents may be arriving at tax, audit & accounting firms sooner than you'd expect. In the premiere episode of our new Clarity on Tech podcast series, we’re exploring the world of agentic AI in tax, audit & accounting. What is it? How is it different from generative AI? And will there be an AI agent doing my tax research in the near future? In this podcast, he Thomson Reuters Institute’s Zach Warren speaks with Michael Kim, Director of AI Integration and Customer Success at Thomson Reuters, who says the future is already here.

The current state of AI is not the first time that the nation’s court system has had to deal with new technologies; however, the rapid pace of AI evolution, coupled with a caseload that never seems to lighten makes the current era one of definite change in the courts. Ragunath (Raghu) Ramanathan, President of Legal Professionals at Thomson Reuters, speaks with Judge Scott Schlegel of Louisiana’s Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, about AI’s benefits and risks for the courts, and how the judge sees AI’s impact on evidence, the future of courts, and the US justice system.

Managing partners in today’s law firms not only find themselves carefully watching the rapid changes in the legal market but also increasingly wondering how they will differentiate their firms to order to increase market share and shore up their strategic position. Jen Dezso, director of client relations with the Thomson Reuters Institute, joins the podcast to discuss findings from numerous interviews with managing partners and explore what today’s managing partners are thinking most about and how that’s influencing their thinking around developing and implementing their law firms’ strategies.