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Unprecedented

Ben Hancock

“Unprecedented” is a biweekly podcast hosted by Law.com reporter Ben Hancock about technology, the law, and the future of litigation. Based in San Francisco, Ben writes about third-party lit...

Episodes

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Verbal Threat Received by a Federal Judge - Explicit Content!

Warning: This clip is for a Law.com story. It is a threat made against a Federal Judge. It contains extreme harsh explicit language. Listene...

0:26Mar 24, 2026

Trump Sentencing

Trump Sentencing Audio

32:27Jan 10, 2025

We Have Moved!

Hello Unprecedented listeners. We've been in the process of transitioning this podcast to a new home and a new format. From here on out, you...

01:08Mar 30, 2018

The CFAA, Blockchain, and Why the 'Best Lawyers Would Qualify as Hackers

Alexander Urbelis of New York's Blackstone Law Group describes his unusual career path from getting involved with 2600: The Hacker Quarterly...

51:18Mar 8, 2018

David Howard, Microsoft's Head of Litigation: Why Tech Is Fighting the U.S. Government

Microsoft is going head-to-head with the Department of Justice at the U.S. Supreme Court later this month over law enforcement access to dat...

20:31Feb 13, 2018

The Smart Contracts Are Coming: An Interview With Cardozo Law's Aaron Wright

In this special episode of Law.com's Unprecedented podcast, we talk with Aaron Wright, an associate clinical professor at Cardozo Law School...

11:24Jan 30, 2018

Scott Reents: AI, Analytics, and How Cravath Is Embracing Technology

At ALM's upcoming Legalweek conference, one of the major overarching themes is how artificial intelligence will change the practice of law....

31:04Jan 24, 2018

Heather Meeker: Big Trends in Open Source Software and the Law

Recent months have seen important legal developments in the open source software world. Large organizations including Facebook, Google and t...

37:26Jan 9, 2018

Episode 20 - End of Year

In the final episode of Unprecedented for 2017, host Ben Hancock talks with Ross Todd, bureau chief of Law.com's California news site The Re...

39:43Dec 22, 2017

Joshua Ashley Klayman: Bitcoin, ICOs, and Token Presales -- From a Regulatory Perspective

The chair of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance Legal Working Group helps interpret the debate over how digital tokens fit into a regulator...

49:18Dec 12, 2017

Nathan Wessler: The Fourth Amendment and the 'GPS' in our Pockets

This week on Law.com's Unprecedented podcast we talk with Nathan Wessler, a staff attorney with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology P...

30:51Nov 27, 2017

Riana Pfefferkorn: The Looming Battle in the Crypto Wars

This week on Law.com's Unprecedented podcas t we talk with Riana Pfefferkorn , a fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford L...

31:21Nov 14, 2017

Brynly Llyr: Ripple and the Legal Challenges Facing Cryptocurrencies

This week on Law.com's Unprecedented podcast we talk to Brynly Llyr, general counsel at Ripple Labs, a blockchain company focused on facilit...

28:27Oct 30, 2017

Gillian Hadfield: How the Field of Law Needs to Change

This week on the Law.com Unprecedented podcast, we hear from Gillian Hadfield, a professor at the University of Southern California's Gould...

35:13Oct 17, 2017

James Lee: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Litigation

Duration: 00:25:36 This week on Law.com's Unprecedented podcast, we hear from James Lee, CEO and co-founder of legal AI startup LegalMation....

25:37Oct 2, 2017

The Perils of Being a Judge on Social Media

Duration: 44:45 For an institution that is supposed to appear at all times above the fray, it can get tricky when members of the judiciary d...

44:45Sep 15, 2017

Online Sex Trafficking, Emojis, and How the Internet Has Changed Law

Duration: 39:31 When Eric Goldman started practicing law, the Internet was a different place from the one we know today: a world of dial-up...

29:31Sep 13, 2017

What's Next in Legal Tech? A Podcast From Stanford's FutureLaw

Duration: 22:08 The legal profession is hardly immune to the changes being wrought by technology. And Stanford University's CodeX Center—a p...

22:08Sep 13, 2017

What You Need to Know About the Future US-EU Data Regime

Duration: 28:36 Attorneys trying to keep up with the legal landscape surrounding transfers of data between the United States and the Europea...

28:36Sep 8, 2017

Suing For Security and The Internet of Things

Duration: 22:50 The Internet of Things has a certain allure. You can set your home at just the right temperature , or ask Alexa about the Fi...

22:50Sep 8, 2017