The iCounsel Podcast: Recent Episodes
Herman Tambo
I am a lawyer who loves tech, and I am here to tell everything you need to know about modern and emerging tech through the eyes of a lawyer.
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have been all the rage for the past three years. In this episode, we explore what they are, their relationship with cryptocurrency, why you should be paying attention to them, the legal issues around them, and whether they are the future of art or not.
Watch this video to understand what blockchain is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSo_EIwHSd4
Today's episode is an attempt at answering a philosophical question that can go either way depending on how you look at it. We will consider such questions as:
- Big Tech and what that means for regulation
- The Kenyan Example of Safaricom as Big Tech
- Systematically Important Companies
- 4 key areas of regulation
- The Risk-Based Approach
- Anti-Trust Abuses
- Digital Supervision
- Among others
The links referenced in the episode are as follows
- Big Tech Needs to Be Regulated. Here Are 4 Ways to Curb Disinformation and Protect Our Privacy (https://time.com/5872868/big-tech-regulated-here-is-4-ways/)
- The Right Way To Regulate The Tech Industry (https://www.oliverwyman.com/our-expertise/insights/2020/apr/risk-journal-vol-9/redefining-business-models/the-right-way-to-regulate-the-tech-industry.html)
- The tech industry needs regulation for its systemically important companies (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/12/08/the-tech-industry-needs-regulation-for-its-systemically-important-companies/)
In this episode we discuss the ways law firms around the world use technology solutions for their workflow. We also use local examples of this use and consider the ones that are yet to catch on locally.
In this episode I talk about the idea of technology law. Who are tech lawyers, and what do they do? Where do they work? Do we need them?
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-who-are-tech-lawyers-we-asked-them-directly (Read this to find the Bloomberg Survey on this issue).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgJwPco3wew&ab_channel=Mrwhosetheboss (Watch this to find out about Facebook's Metaverse)
In this episode, we look at some of the existing laws that touch on tech regulation in Kenya. We do this by considering the hierarchy of laws in Kenya, specific statutes and regulations that affect the tech industry and gaps in those existing laws. I have not spoken about cryptocurrencies and intellectual property which I have reserved for future episodeds.
In this premier, I answer the questions most people probably have;
- What is iCounsel?
- Where did it come from?
- Who is my target audience?
- Why should you listen to the podcast?
The first episode is not too long so you can comfortably get through the whole episode on your lunch break, or spare a few minutes before bedtime or whatever time you are most comfortable with.
Enjoy and don't forget to give your feedback!