What are Outcome Analytics? The Best Way to Know What Happened in Previous Cases
When relying on analytics to craft litigation strategy, it is essential to know what happened in similar cases. When practitioners are looking into hiring counsel or assessing the competition, they need to answer the question, “Who won?” Similarly, when assessing motion strategy, a judge’s record isn’t complete without information about how the judge ruled at certain points of litigation. […]
Lex Machina Releases Police Misconduct Infographic
Lex Machina has released an infographic displaying recent trends in federal litigation involving police misconduct. The highlights include the total number of police misconduct cases filed from 2010 to 2020, the districts with the highest number of cases filed, and details regarding damages awarded by a jury verdict. […]
Webcast: Can You Trust Your Litigation Analytics?
Lex Machina hosted a webcast called “Can You Trust Your Litigation Analytics?” on July 15, 2021. The webcast featured Karl Harris, CEO of Lex Machina and Kelli Jones, Customer Success Manager at Lex Machina. They engaged in a spirited discussion on what it takes to create accurate litigation analytics and the risks of relying on incomplete data. […]
Lex Machina Launches Legal Analytics for Fulton and DeKalb Counties
The Lex Machina team is excited to launch Legal Analytics for Fulton County Superior Court, Fulton County State Court (together, “Fulton County”), DeKalb County Superior Court, and DeKalb County State Court (together, “DeKalb County”). […]
Webcast on Trade Secret Report
On June 24th, Lex Machina hosted a webcast on the recently released Trade Secret Litigation Report 2021. Seth Gerber, Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, and Dawn Mertineit, Partner at Seyfarth Shaw, discussed recent trends in trade secret litigation and how the findings in the report affect their practices. The webcast was moderated by Gloria Huang, legal content associate and editor of the report. […]
Lex Machina Releases its 2021 Trade Secret Litigation Report
Lex Machina is proud to release its 2021 Trade Secret Litigation Report, which examines Trade Secret litigation trends in federal district court. This report focuses on the five-year period from 2016 to 2020 and includes analysis of emerging trends in cases filed under the DTSA, injunctions, and the impact of COVID-19. […]
Lex Machina: The Only Legal Analytics Trusted by Attorneys
Legal Analytics should be accurate, complete, and transparent, with sufficient reference to the origins and clear definitions of the terms. This is the only way a legal professional can be confident in the analytics they are using. Since our origin as a public interest project at Stanford Law School, Lex Machina has been committed to bringing openness and transparency to the law. […]
Lex Machina Launches New Legal Analytics for Police Misconduct Cases
In May, Lex Machina released Legal Analytics for Police Misconduct cases filed in federal district court, including adding new remedies, findings, and damages. For this article, we analyzed filing trends, most active districts, findings, and case resolutions using this dataset and focused on the 49,652 police misconduct cases filed from 2010 to 2020. […]