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Lex Machina Releases Law Firms Activity Report

Lex Machina is excited to announce the release of its Law Firms Activity Report. The report looks back at the last three years and analyzes law firm activity in 15 practice areas and in cases caused by COVID-19. The final section of the report includes a comprehensive look at civil litigation in federal district court.

Highlights from the report:

The Department of Justice was far and away the most active counsel in the last three years, filing nearly 9,000 cases on behalf […]

By Rachel Bailey|2021-03-04T14:21:05-08:00March 4th, 2021|Announcements, Legal Trends, Reports|

Survey Reveals 98% of Users Find Value in Legal Analytics

A recent survey revealed that 98% of users find Legal Analytics to be valuable, while 80% of non-users also believe that Legal Analytics would be valuable.

The survey also revealed that Legal Analytics help over 70% of users win in the business and practice of law by allowing them to demonstrate a competitive advantage to clients and gain competitive insights in litigation. […]

By Gloria Huang|2021-02-18T09:05:34-08:00February 18th, 2021|Legal Trends|

Lex Machina’s Karl Harris and Carla Rydholm Speak at Legalweek

During the first week of 2021, Legalweek was launched online. Amidst the speaker events and booths, Lex Machina’s own Karl Harris (CEO) and Carla Rydholm (Director of Product Management) conducted a session entitled “Litigation Analytics in a New Era of Data-Driven Law.” […]

By Gloria Huang|2021-02-17T07:33:43-08:00February 17th, 2021|Analytics Articles, Legal Trends|

Recent Impact of the Pandemic on Employment Litigation (Nov-Dec 2020)

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Lex Machina has regularly analyzed its effects on different sectors of litigation in both federal and state courts. Now, nearly a year into the pandemic, Lex Machina conducted another survey of our data to provide an analysis of evolving trends in employment cases. […]

By Gloria Huang|2021-02-11T14:32:57-08:00February 11th, 2021|COVID-19, Legal Trends|

Legal Analytics Takes Center Stage

A challenging environment thrusts legal analytics to the forefront, with innovative products offering critical solutions.

The current health and economic crisis has shifted the legal industry in substantial ways. Firms have been pushed to change their structures, alter business decisions, and scrutinize their contracts like never before. […]

By Rachel Bailey|2021-02-11T14:32:30-08:00December 17th, 2020|Legal Trends|

Lex Machina Achieves Complete Coverage of all New York City Counties

The Lex Machina team is excited to announce that we have launched the remaining New York City state court modules, completing the coverage of all five New York City counties. The five New York City state court modules include nearly half a million civil court cases filed since January 2016. […]

By Gloria Huang|2020-12-10T08:27:51-08:00December 9th, 2020|Announcements, Product|

Exploring the Impact of the Pandemic on Litigation in Federal District Courts (January through October 2020)

Lex Machina monitors and reports on how courts are affected by the social changes due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic through our COVID-19 blog posts, the COVID-19 Impact Analyzer App that is publicly accessible, and in-product case tagging for litigation caused by COVID-19. […]

By Rachel Bailey|2021-02-11T14:33:25-08:00December 3rd, 2020|Academic Articles, Analytics Articles, COVID-19, Legal Trends|

Enterprise: The Optimal Package at the Optimal Time

It has been an unusual time for the world as a whole and the legal community in particular. With large-scale upheavals and fast-moving changes, Lex Machina has worked hard to keep the legal profession up-to-date through our blog posts, our publicly-available COVID App Analyzer, and our unmatched data-driven Legal Analytics. […]

By Gloria Huang|2020-11-30T16:17:33-08:00November 30th, 2020|Announcements, Product|

Lex Machina Releases its First Torts Report

Lex Machina is excited to announce the release of its first Torts Litigation Report. An overview of trends and insights in federal district court, the report includes data from 2010 through September 30, 2020.

This report features statistics broken down into categories based on Lex Machina’s case-type tagging system. […]

By Rachel Bailey|2021-02-11T14:36:37-08:00November 19th, 2020|Analytics Articles|

Lex Machina Announces New Data Breach Expansion to the Consumer Protection Module

The Lex Machina team is excited to announce the release of its Data Breach tag and enhanced analytics as part of its Consumer Protection module. Including nearly 3,000 cases, this important data set includes cases alleging harm resulting from the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of consumer data collected by the defendant. […]

By Rachel Bailey|2020-11-17T18:01:49-08:00November 16th, 2020|Announcements, Product|