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In the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, Natalie Runyon, strategist for environmental, social & governance (ESG) content at the Thomson Reuters Institute, speaks with Sarah E. Fortt, partner and global co-chair of the ESG Practice at Latham & Watkins, about the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) imposing a stay on its own climate rules amid pending litigation. In the podcast, the pair discuss the implications of the SEC’s new rules, when the pending litigation can be resolved, and what companies need to do now to navigate the rules’ uncertainty.

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is here — and now, it’s on professionals in the legal, tax, government, and risk & fraud sectors to adopt it. On this week’s Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, Zach Warren, manager of Tech & Innovation content for the Thomson Reuters Institute, speaks with Joel Hron, the head of Thomson Reuters Labs, — live from Stanford University’s CodeX FutureLaw conference — about the newly published Generative AI in Professional Services report, published by Thomson Reuters, and what GenAI’s future looks like from a technological perspective.

In this episode, Nadya Britton, Enterprise Content Manager of Tax, Accounting & Trade, sits down with Shaun Hunley, Executive Editor at Thomson Reuters, to discuss the upcoming changes and potential developments to taxation in the face of an election year and its results. The pair discusses the tax implications of a potential flip in the White House, which could lead to a shift in tax policy and the nation’s approach to energy tax credits related to environmental, social & governance (ESG) initiatives.  

While there’s no guarantees a legal matter will end the way you hope, a few key strategies can help outcomes more closely match client goals. Lizzy Duffy, Senior Director of Client Relationships for the Thomson Reuters Institute, joins the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast to discuss findings from the recent Secrets to successful matters report that can help clients and law firms achieve outcomes that both sides can define as successful.

Steve Assie, head of the Canadian business for Thomson Reuters, joins the Thomson Reuters Institute’s Insights podcast to discuss some of the key findings from the recently released 2024 State of the Canadian Law Firm Market Report and the 2024 Canadian Government Lawyers Benchmark Report. Steve and host Bill Josten discuss findings from the report that Canadian lawyers generally view their law firms as successful and have a positive view for potential growth in the market in coming years, but also understand the potential downside they face from a variety of problems that they have yet taken steps to address. They also discuss the strong rates of early adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) by Canada’s legal community and the potential that such technology could hold for innovation in the market and, in particular, for improving attorney mental health and well-being, a key area of focus for Canadian lawyers.  

Jared Applegate, Chief Legal Operations Officer at Barnes & Thornburg, joins the latest installment of the “Designing Your Candidate” podcast series to discuss what his ideal candidates might look like for some of the legal operations functions that he oversees. From pricing to legal project management and practice management, the need to find professionals who will become strong team players who understand the legal industry and can help to motivate change is becoming crucially important for many firms.

In the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, we speak to Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Samuel Anderson Thumma about our recent 2024 State of the Courts report and what it shows about the impact of technology — including generative artificial intelligence — on access to justice and the courts themselves.  

After a year of change in the compliance landscape, the Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast discusses with regulatory and compliance expert Todd Ehret of Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence many of the trends that will unfold during 2024.

Holly Hill, Partner and Sustainability Leader with MinterEllisonRuddWatts, joins us to discuss what her firm looks for when hiring new associates, especially those fresh from law school. Hill points out that the New Zealand-based law firm has experienced a unique pinch in the past several years as many of their prime associate targets were lured by lucrative offers from firms in Australia and even the United States. With competition for top legal talent remaining tight, the firm focused on building a solid early pipeline for incoming talent.   MinterEllisonRuddWatts is a leading full-service, legal, and business advisory firm. It is a New Zealand owned and operated partnership, dating back 140 years. It also has a strong international presence through the MinterEllison Legal Group — one of the largest full-service legal groups in the Asia-Pacific region. MinterEllisonRuddWatts has built a strong brand in the market with numerous accolades and Tier 1 rankings in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific.  

In this week’s Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, we speak with industry experts about impact on the compliance industry of the newly operational beneficial ownership database, discussing what they see on the horizon and what concerns they have about what lies ahead.