Karl Harris Authors Article on Four Surprising Benefits of Legal Analytics
Attorney at Law Magazine recently featured an article written by Karl Harris, CEO of Lex Machina. In his article, Harris discusses recent “surprising” benefits of Legal Analytics: the optimization of the hiring process; the evolution of the alternative fee arrangement; the effectiveness and happiness of legal teams; and increased client transparency. “These recent benefits may not have been the central focus when Legal Analytics was first launched,” Harris writes, “but they are as invaluable now as the original time-saving and opportunity-generating benefits.” In the article, Harris outlines these unexpected benefits [...]
Webcast on the Responsible Use of Legal Analytics
Lex Machina hosted a webcast on The Responsible Use of Legal Analytics on March 25, 2021. The webcast was hosted by Joshua Harvey, Manager of the Customer Success Team, and moderated by Carla Rydholm, Director of Product Management. The guest for the webcast was Kevin Miles, Manager of Library Services at Norton Rose Fulbright. The discussion covered several important topics including transparency, data interpretation, and user adoption. "We get questions all the time about stats, and about graphs, and how those are created or composed,” Kevin Miles noted. “And one [...]
Webcast on The Impact of Legal Analytics
Lex Machina hosted a webcast on The Impact of Legal Analytics on March 18, 2021. The webcast was moderated by Karl Harris, CEO of Lex Machina, who spoke with Erik Falkenberry of DLA Piper and Evan Shenkman of Fisher Phillips. They engaged in an enlightening discussion on the recent survey results regarding the use and adoption of Legal Analytics. […]
Lex Machina Releases its Annual Patent Litigation Report
Lex Machina is excited to announce the release of its annual Patent Litigation Report. Last year was an exciting year for patent litigation as the landscape continues to change in the wake of a few key Supreme Court decisions and as the court system deals with the effects of the pandemic. The report looks at trends in federal district court as well as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). […]
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. The Department of Justice was far and away the most active counsel in the last […]
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. […]
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.” […]
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. […]