Archive - GeoLegal Notes by Sean West / Hence Technologies

GeoLegal Weekly #67: GCs are Not Helpless

I painted a picture of empowered GCs at a recent event. One raised their hand and told me to stop dreaming.

Jun 11 •

GeoLegal Weekly #66: Should you have a Chief AI Officer?

It depends whether you think AI is about productivity or strategy.

Jun 2 •

April 2025

GeoLegal Weekly #65 - Is AI writing more compelling than human writing?

I wrote a first-person book and launched an AI-generated newsletter simultaneously. Here's what I learned.

Apr 30 •

GeoLegal Weekly #64: Human Wrongs?

In the wake of the State Department's new human rights posture, we dive into human rights with Yale Law's Nicholas Bequelin.

Apr 24 •

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GeoLegal Weekly #63: The future of Lobbying / Tariff Dump and Pump

How to Make Friends and Influence POTUS. Also is Trump manipulating the stock market?

Apr 16 •

GeoLegal Weekly #62: Macro beats Micro

Businesses have been silent due to fears of retribution. But the tariff tantrum shows a macro crisis is more painful than anything that can happen…

Apr 10 •

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March 2025

GeoLegal Weekly #61: Would a Robot Lawyer Settle with Trump?

The legal industry is on fire as lawyers debate BigLaw settlements with the Trump administration. What would a robot lawyers do?

Mar 31 •

GeoLegal Weekly #60 - Deepfake Geography and Space Politics

I explore potential unruliness in outer space and connect it to risks on earth.

Mar 27 •

GeoLegal Weekly #59: Wait - International law still matters sometimes?

International law is eroding. Yet institutions don't die.

Mar 21 •

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GeoLegal Weekly #58: Freedom of Speech…Just Watch What You Say

Hear that silence? That’s everything everyone wants to say about the political climate but is afraid to for fear of political retribution, legal…

Mar 13 •

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GeoLegal Weekly #57: The Sovereignty-Growth Trade-off

The era of globalization is receding but most of us still run global businesses with global exposures. Core tenets of the globalization era are now…

Mar 5 •

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February 2025

GeoLegal Weekly #56: Encryption Conniption

Apple's spat with the UK government is emblematic of an unruly world where the line between good and bad actors is unclear and companies are asked to do…

Feb 26 •

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