Clarity

In this episode of "Clarity", Mike Abbott, Head of Thomson Reuters Institute, and Steve Hasker, President and CEO of Thomson Reuters, break down our new Future of Professionals  report. This year's findings illustrate a clear shift: AI is embedded in professional work, but its value hinges on effective execution, strategy, and infrastructure. As a result, a gap is forming between those organizatio...

In the latest episode of our " Clarity" podcast, the Thomson Reuters Institute's Bryce Engelland and Zach Warren discuss why the Law Firm Financial Index (LFFI) is sitting at a dead-average 55 even as law firm revenues break records. The pair unpacks the Q1 2026 numbers and examines what might be keeping the large law firm industry and the LFFI from hitting truly stratospheric heights.

What if the real value of AI for executives isn't a faster answer, but a better argument? In this episode of "Clarity on Tech", the Thomson Reuters Institute's Bryce Engelland sits down with Thomson Reuters enterprise architect Zafar Khan to explore why a single AI advisor is easy to ignore — or to exploit for the answer you wanted to hear — and how a panel of personas built to disagree, including...

In the latest episode of our "Clarity" podcast, we speak with James Lephew, founder of AFC Group, a consultaing firm specializing in financial crime prevention, about what the 2026 FIFA World Cup has to do with your organization's anti-money laundering compliance program and how these large global events often bring massive financial flows and human trafficking with them.

Law firms have made their AI investments and are now looking to calculate their ROI — but what should go into that calculation? In the latest episode of our  Clarity podcast, Thomson Reuters' Steve Assie speaks with Gregory Ginex, Senior Partner at Costello Ginex & Wideikis; and Nina Lund, Total Economic Impact Consultant at Forrester, about the real business value of legal AI for law firms , incl...

In the latest episode of Clarity on Tech , Lizzy Duffy, Senior Director for the Thomson Reuters Institute, sits down with Thomson Reuters' Chief Legal Officer Norie Campbell and Deputy General Counsel Jen Ruddick to go inside GCO 2030, a unique collaboration treating TR's own legal department as a live research subject. Moving beyond the technology, the group discusses the critical human side of A...

In the latest episode of Clarity , we speak to government and corporate experts about the emerging fraud trends of 2026 and discuss what organizations need to watch out for now in order to stay ahead of fraud. Because fraud isn't waiting for the future — it's already here, powered by AI, deepfakes, synthetic identities, and coordinated attacks across banking, government, and compliance.

In the latest episode of  Clarity , Thomson Reuters' Justin Miller and Eve Starks explore how firms can drive growth by focusing on existing client relationships that have yet to reach their full potential. Their discussion walks through how to build a practical framework for identifying which client relationships are ready to grow and how to design targeted, data-driven programs around them.

In this week's Clarity on Tech , TRI's Zach Warren dives into all things AI governance with Foley & Lardner partner David Simon. The two explore David's recently published framework around how law firms should use AI governance to close the gap between "never use" and "must use" AI approaches. As they discuss, governance has become critical for firms to manage risk while preserving the core skills...

From AI-powered negotiation tools to Bluebook citation assistants, the University of San Francisco School of Law is reimagining how law students learn and work in an AI-driven world. Dean Johanna Kalb and Prof. Nicole Phillips join TRI's Natalie Runyon on this episode of  Clarity to discuss the tools they have built, the faculty conversations that shaped the school's AI approach, and what it reall...

In the latest episode of Clarity , the TRI's Lizzy Duffy speaks with Sean Edwards, Head of Legal at SMBC Bank International, about his team's transformational journey, as it explored what it takes to build buy-in, shift culture, overcome resistance to change, and position the legal department as a showcase for wider change across the organization.

In the first episode of the 4 th season of Clarity on Tech , Vanderbilt AI Law Lab Professor Caitlin (Cat) Moon and Hari Osofsky, former Dean of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, explore how legal education must develop a sharper focus on preserving legal judgment to better prepare lawyers for tomorrow's AI-driven legal profession.

In this episode of Clarity , powered by the Thomson Reuters Institute, host Nadya Britton sits down with Marianne Rowden, CEO of the eMerchant Trade Council, to break down the forces that are reshaping global e-commerce and hitting smaller merchants the hardest.

In the first episode of the 5 th season of Clarity , we speak with Nicki Kenyon, Risk Supervisor at Navy Federal Credit Union, and offer some practical takeaways on how organizations can use AI to strengthen sanctions compliance while managing emerging regulatory and operational risks.

In our latest  Clarity podcast, trade attorneys and technology experts explain how global manufacturers can stay ahead of fast-changing global tariffs, and what the latest Supreme Court ruling on emergency tariffs means for your business. We also break down which AI trading compliance tools actually work and in which situations human judgment is still essential to avoid delays, surprise duties, an...

In our latest  Clarity on Tech podcast, we speak to the three founding judges of the Judicial AI Consortium (JAIC) about why they created a judge-led initiative to address how AI is changing the courts and why the JAIC is different from other groups addressing AI's impact. They also discuss the JAIC's early priorities and the practical and ethical challenges ahead, such as judicial leadership, tra...

In our latest Clarity on Tech  podcast, the Thomson Reuters Institute's Zach Warren breaks down the recent  AI in Professional Services Report with Colin Levy, legal tech author, educator, and general counsel at Malbek. The two discuss how GenAI has been able to receive such quick market adoption, how lawyers should be preparing for job disruption, and how a look into the crystal ball can show wha...

In this episode of  Clarity , Thomson Reuters' Bryce Engelland and Karen Lobdell break down the Supreme Court's landmark ruling striking down IEEPA tariffs, exploring what it means for the $175 billion in tariffs already collected and what possible alternative trade tools the Trump administration may deploy next.

In our latest  Clarity podcast, Dean Benjamin Barros of Stetson College of Law explores how law schools are integrating AI into classrooms and clinics while addressing critical challenges like academic integrity and the risk that students will over-rely on AI outputs without proper verification. The conversation also examines how AI will transform law firm hiring practices and reshape what junior...

As municipalities race to deploy AI tools like chatbots, generative AI, smart sensors, and digital twins, new privacy and security risks are emerging for sensitive citizen data. In our latest  Clarity podcast, legal expert Teneé Frazier of Thomson Reuters Practical Law, gives us a practical, real-world look at where vulnerabilities show up, what strong AI governance looks like, and how public agen...

In our latest  Clarity podcast, the Thomson Reuters Institute's Bryce Engelland and Zach Warren discuss the latest economic data from the Law Firm Financial Index , highlighting how the top US law firms may have seen record profits and rates in 2025, but entering 2026, there may be some dark clouds on the horizon.

In a new episode of  Clarity , we unpack why  value  has become the defining battleground for law firms in 2026. Driven by shifting markets, AI disruption, and clients who now assess their outside firms through evolving stages of trust, we break down the touchpoints that shape perceived value and share concrete steps that law firms can take today to deliver meaningfully differentiated client servi...

On this episode of  Clarity on Tech , we look at how AI is reshaping access to justice in today's court ecosystem. We speak to three experts on the front lines to talk candidly about where AI tools are actually helping individuals, where they introduce new risks and biases, and what responsible use looks like when people's freedom, housing, and livelihoods are on the line.

In our latest  Clarity podcast, Dr. Cornelia Walther warns that unchecked AI use is driving cognitive decline while weakening critical thinking, decision-making, and meaning at work as people increasingly default to machine judgment. She calls for hybrid intelligence — a pairing of AI fluency and human literacy — and urges companies to govern AI not just for speed and scale, but for human dignity,...

As tax season heats up, many firms are racing to transform compliance work into high-value advisory services; but how do you make that shift when you're already stretched thin? In this episode of the Thomson Reuters Institute's  Clarity podcast, TRI's Nadya Britton sits down with Jody Padar, the "Radical CPA" and CEO of Excel Labs, to explore how tax professionals can turn this busy tax season int...