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   "text": "Business, administrative and legal services that consist of keeping ledgers, such as notary and registry services, legal motions practice, and title companies, are likely to be among the first services eliminated by blockchain adoption.",
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   "text": "The legal profession faces a structural problem that incremental reform cannot solve, because its obsolescence curve is steeper than the curriculum adaptation curve.",
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