Since our last blog post about the concentration of design patent cases filed against Schedule A defendants between 2020 and 2022 in the Northern District of Illinois, Lex Machina’s data indicates that these filings increased in that district in 2023 and continue to increase during the first half of […]
There are nine Technology Centers in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where each technology center comprises groups of patent examiners with specific scientific or technical domain expertise
Lex Machina is proud to release its 2024 Consumer Protection Litigation Report, which provides insights into consumer protection litigation trends in federal district court and appellate court over the three-year period from 2021 to 2023.
Lex Machina is proud to release its 2024 Insurance Litigation Report, which provides insights into insurance litigation trends in federal district court and appellate court over the three-year period from 2021 to 2023. This report surveys emerging trends in case filings (including federal appellate cases), most active venues, judges, law […]
Claimants prevailed over claim defendants by a more than 3 to 1 margin in trade secret misappropriation cases that terminated between January 1 and December 31, 2023. This includes trade secret misappropriation cases under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) (which also includes cases where misappropriation was alleged under […]
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission issued its Non-Compete Clause Rule with a stated effective date 120 days after publication of the rule in the Federal Register. The rule, and the FTC’s authority to issue the rule, are controversial1. The rule is currently the subject of at least […]
Lex Machina is proud to release its 2024 Class Action Litigation Report, which provides insights into class action litigation trends in federal district court and appellate court over the three-year period from 2021 to 2023. This report surveys emerging trends in case filings (including federal appellate cases), most active venues, […]
Lex Machina is proud to reach a momentous milestone of expanding its enhanced coverage of state courts to 100 courts with the addition of Suffolk County Supreme Court and Westchester County Supreme Court (the “New York Courts”) and Oklahoma County District Court (the “Oklahoma Court”).
With these new enhanced […]
Lex Machina is proud to release its 2024 Antitrust Litigation Report, which provides insights into antitrust litigation trends in federal district court and appellate court over the three-year period from 2021 to 2023. This report surveys emerging trends in case filings (including federal appellate cases), most active venues, judges, law […]
On March 7, 2024, Lex Machina hosted a webcast on the recently released 2024 Securities Report. The webcast featured guest speakers Kevin McDonough (Partner at Latham & Watkins) and Laura Hopkins (Lex Machina’s Legal Data Expert in Securities Litigation), moderated by Aria Nejad (Lex Machina’s In-house Counsel). They discussed overarching […]