Survey of Legal Analytics 2022
A recent 2022 survey confirmed that 98% of users find Legal Analytics to be valuable, while 78% of non-users believe Legal Analytics are valuable. The survey also revealed that 80% of users gain competitive intelligence from Legal Analytics through insights into judges, parties, and opposing counsel.
2021 Legal Analytics Year In Review
Legal Reader recently published an article written by Gloria Huang, Legal Content Associate at Lex Machina. In her article, Huang discusses the ways in which Legal Analytics were adopted and used by the legal industry in 2021, as reported by legal professionals. “In 2021, a significant number of attorneys reported [...]
The Changing Role of Litigation Analytics in the Insurance Industry
Digital Insurance recently featured an article written by Ron Porter, Legal Data Expert for Insurance and Product Liability at Lex Machina. In his article, Porter discusses the new and varied ways legal professionals can apply litigation analytics to enhance their workflow in the insurance industry. “Using the right advanced technologies, [...]
Lex Machina Released Legal Analytics for King County (Seattle)
The Lex Machina team is proud to have released Legal Analytics for King County Superior Court (“King County”). King County is the most populous county in Washington State and the 12th most populous in the United States, serving a population of over 2.2 million citizens. It is the county seat [...]
Lex Machina Released Legal Analytics for Delaware Superior Courts
The Lex Machina team is proud to have released Legal Analytics for New Castle County Superior Court, Sussex County Superior Court, and Kent County Superior Court (the “Delaware Courts”). These courts cover all of Delaware in which approximately 1 million citizens reside and conduct business. Including a total of approximately [...]
Judges, Counsel, and Parties: Building Comprehensive Data Sets Means Better Data
Who are the players in a case? Often the judge, opposing counsel, and parties influence the outcome in a case just as much, if not more, than the law itself. Having the full backstory on these players is essential when using Legal Analytics to determine case strategy. Partial information can [...]
Lex Machina Releases its 2021 ADA White Paper
Lex Machina is proud to release its 2021 Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) white paper, which provides an at-a-glance survey of ADA litigation trends in federal district court. This white paper focuses on the three-year period from 2018 to 2020 and surveys emerging trends in case filings (including Service Animal [...]
Lex Machina Released Legal Analytics for Multnomah County (Portland)
The Lex Machina team is proud to have released Legal Analytics for Multnomah County Circuit Court (“Multnomah County”). This court serves Portland, Oregon’s most populous city and major commercial and cultural epicenter in which over 600,000 citizens reside and conduct business. Including a total of over 60,000 civil court cases [...]
Webcast on the 2021 False Claims Litigation Report
On October 28, 2021, Lex Machina hosted a webcast on the recently released False Claims Report 2021. The webcast featured guest speakers Brenna Jenny (Partner at Sidley), Laurence Freedman (Partner at Mintz), and Ellen Chen (author of the report and Legal Data Expert at Lex Machina), with moderator Neil Magenheim [...]
Lex Machina Releases its 2021 False Claims Litigation Report
Lex Machina is proud to release its 2021 False Claims Litigation Report, which examines False Claims litigation trends in federal district court. This report focuses on the five-year period from 2016 to 2020 and surveys emerging trends in case filings (including Qui Tam and Healthcare case filings), timing, damages, and [...]
Webcast on Case Tags and Outcome Analytics
On October 19, 2021, Lex Machina hosted a webcast on Case Tags and Outcome Analytics: Essential Functions for Litigation Analytics. The webcast featured guest speakers Rachel Bailey (Data Relations Manager at Lex Machina) and Marissa Skudlarek (Software Engineer at Lex Machina). They discussed what’s involved in creating tagging systems and [...]
Finding and Analyzing Cases Like Yours, and Why It Matters
Litigation analytics work best when comparing apples to apples, thus the most relevant data comes from cases that are like yours. In order to find similar cases, a litigation analytics provider must be able to accurately identify comparable cases. At Lex Machina, we build our datasets based on real-world litigation [...]