The Lex Machina team is excited to launch Legal Analytics for Sacramento County Superior Court (“Sacramento”) and Clark County Court (Las Vegas Area) (“Clark County”). Including over 170,000 combined civil court cases filed January 2016 or later, these are important venues for state court litigation. Located in the California State Capitol, Sacramento is a key court for civil cases involving government entities and businesses. Clark County District Court is the largest general jurisdiction court in Nevada, serving more than 2.1 million citizens in the Las Vegas area. Lex Machina provides valuable data-driven insights about judges, law firms, individual attorneys, and parties in state courts. Now, the analytics that Lex Machina is known for are also available for these important state courts.
Lex Machina allows users to filter Sacramento cases by the following information in order to find the most relevant cases:
Case Types – Contracts, Employment, Real Property, Torts (Vehicle), Torts (Non-Vehicle), Other Civil
Case Tags – Collections, CRC 3.4 Complex, General Jurisdiction, Limited Jurisdiction
Trial Damages – General Damages (Judgment on the Merits), General Damages (Jury Verdict), Attorneys’ Fees / Costs
Trial Rulings – Bench Trial, Jury Verdict, Default Judgment, Consent Judgment, Other Judgment
Trial Resolutions – Plaintiff Win, Defendant Win, Likely Settlement, Procedural, Indeterminable
Lex Machina allows users to filter Clark County cases by the following information in order to find the most relevant cases:
Case Types – Torts, Construction Defect & Contract, Judicial Review, Real Property, Civil Writ, Business Court, Other Civil
Case Tags – Trial, Jury
Trial Damages – General Damages (Judgment on the Merits), General Damages (Jury Verdict), Attorneys’ Fees / Costs
Trial Rulings – Jury Verdict, Bench Trial, Default Judgment, Other Judgment
Trial Resolutions – Plaintiff Win, Defendant Win, Likely Settlement, Procedural
Lex Machina gathers raw information from state court cases, including downloading millions of state court documents, to present the most comprehensive and accurate data possible. Both new and existing Legal Analytics users will appreciate the easy-to-use interface that lets them access a wealth of new state court features including:
- Searching by judge, law firm, attorney name, or party
- Timing analytics, trial resolutions, trial damages, and trial rulings
- Keyword searching within docket entry text and downloaded documents
- Viewing analytics across all state courts or in one particular court
- Court-specific filters, such as case types and case tags
The introduction of these new state court modules expands Lex Machina coverage to a seventh and an eighth state court, which is an exciting milestone in accomplishing the company’s mission of bringing Legal Analytics to all areas of the law. Lex Machina has previously released modules for the Delaware Court of Chancery, Los Angeles County Superior Court, and the Houston Area (including Harris County District Court, Harris County Court, Fort Bend County District Court, and Fort Bend County Court). San Bernardino County Superior Court is slated for release in two weeks on June 16th.