
Clarity
Welcome to Clarity, a podcast powered by the Thomson Reuters Institute. In each episode, we dive deep into a single question from decision-makers and thought leaders from legal, corporate, tax, accounting & audit, and government communities. Grounding the conversation in the Institute’s research and practice leads’ domain expertise, in each episode, we sit down with a special guest or panel of experts from our community of partners, clients, and key leaders in each industry we serve.
Latest episodes

Feb 23, 2021 • 35min
The state of the legal market and what might be next
The latest podcast on our Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel features an excerpt from the recent webinar, Mercury Rising: Assessing the 2021 Report on the State of the Legal Market, which gathered industry experts and law firm leaders to share their thoughts on what 2020 meant and what might be next for the legal industry.

Feb 3, 2021 • 22min
Fraud rising: How government agencies fought sophisticated fraud in 2020
In our latest Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, Gina Jurva, attorney and manager of Market Insights & Thought Leadership for Government and Corporates at Thomson Reuters, spoke with Jon Coss, Vice President in Risk, Fraud & Compliance in Thomson Reuters' Government unit. The pair walked through some of the highlights of the recent Thomson Reuters report, 2021 Government Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Study and discussed ways in which government agencies can remain proactive in the fight against fraud.

Jan 23, 2021 • 51min
The Hearing: How legal associates are managing during the pandemic, with Karim Sabbidine of Thompson Hine
In today’s installment of The Hearing, a Legal Podcast — an award winning podcast conducted by Thomson Reuters U.K. — Joseph Raczynski, technologist and futurist for Thomson Reuters, speaks to Karim Sabbidine, an associate at Thompson Hine, about what the COVID-19 pandemic and its lockdowns have meant to those legal team members on the front lines.

Jan 10, 2021 • 33min
Taking the pulse of the legal, corporate, and tax & accounting markets for 2021
In the first podcast for 2021 on the Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, we have assembled Thomson Reuters’ team of experts from within the Market Insights and Thought Leadership specialties to discuss the impacts of 2020 on law firms, corporate legal departments, and tax & accounting firms.

Dec 21, 2020 • 52min
The Hearing: Understanding blockchain, tokens & cryptocurrency with Doug Pepe of Joseph Hage Aaronson
In today’s installment of The Hearing, a Legal Podcast, an award winning podcast conducted by Thomson Reuters U.K., we feature a conversation between legal and mathematical macroeconomics genius Doug Pepe and Joseph Raczynski, technologist and futurist for Thomson Reuters. Together, the pair take us through blockchain, tokens, and cryptocurrency in a way that's genuinely enlightening.

Dec 6, 2020 • 29min
What's next for U.S. tax policy in the wake of the recent election, the pandemic, and beyond?
A new podcast on the Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, we feature a conversation with tax expert Melissa Oaks, Senior Manager at Thomson Reuters, who speaks with us about tax policy in the wake of a new political administration.

Nov 14, 2020 • 25min
Thomson Reuters CLO Thomas Kim: The chaotic events of 2020 & their impact on the legal industry in 2021
In a new podcast on the Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, Thomson Reuters’ Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary Thomas Kim, talks with Natalie Runyon of Thomson Reuters, about where the legal industry is heading in the coming years and how the lessons of 2020 will continue to have an impact.

Oct 25, 2020 • 26min
How midsize law firms are adapting their succession planning during the pandemic
In a new podcast on the Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, we speak to Bryan Feldhaus, a shareholder at law firm Lommen Abdo in Minneapolis, about how his firm is coping with the realities of managing and acquiring talent in a midsize firm today.

Oct 14, 2020 • 28min
Prof. Bill Henderson offers a new vision for scalable legal education in the pandemic & beyond
In a new podcast on the Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights channel, legal education expert Bill Henderson, talks to Natalie Runyon of Thomson Reuters, about where legal education is heading in the future and why scalability will become such an important issue.

Oct 5, 2020 • 38min
The Hearing: Examining the changing face of consumer litigation with Herrick GC Ron Levine
In the latest installment of The Hearing, a Legal Podcast, an award winning podcast conducted by Thomson Reuters U.K., we feature a conversation between Ron Levine, General Counsel at Herrick Feinstein, and host Joseph Raczynski, of Thomson Reuters, about the history of consumer activist litigation and how that’s changed today.