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October 30, 2025

Win New Business with CourtLink^® and Lex Machina^®

In This Article: Introduction: Be the Trusted Partner Clients Need The Power of Rapid Insight CourtLink®: Be the First to Know Lex Machina®: Turn Data into Strategy The Synergy: Speed and Strategy Combined FAQs Be first. Be informed. Be the trusted partner clients need. Picture a general counsel whose company has just been served with a lawsuit. The countdown begins. The...

October 21, 2025

When the Pendulum Swings: Insights from the 2025 Insurance Litigation Report

Experts in American insurance law recently gathered to discuss key findings from the Lex Machina® 2025 Insurance Litigation Report . Ron Porter, Esq. of Lex Machina met with Daniel Cotter, Esq., member of Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa, and Karen Yotis, Esq. , Content Manager & Editor for insurance law from LexisNexis® Practical Guidance. Together, they discussed how data is revealing a new landscape...

October 14, 2025

Advanced Analytical Insights into a Changing World of Insurance Coverage Disputes

In This Article Trends in Coverage Litigation Business Liability Coverage Disputes Business Interruption Claims Homeowners Policy Coverage Disputes How Legal Analytics Transforms Litigation Strategy FAQs Conclusion & Next Steps Available now, the Lex Machina® 2025 Insurance Litigation Report provides law offices with powerful data and exclusive insights into the modern landscape of coverage...

October 07, 2025

Surfing the Data Wave: Endless Summer Insights into California Litigation Analytics

Summary Why California Litigation Analytics Matter Exclusive Insights for California Lawyers The Legal Analytics Platform Rapid Value Realization for Firms Frequently Asked Questions Get Started with California Litigation Analytics Lex Machina ®, the LexisNexis® Legal Analytics® platform, now includes comprehensive litigation analytics for more than three million civil cases in California’s...

September 17, 2025

Rise in Torts Lawsuits: Key Insights from 2025 Litigation Report

Experienced attorneys recently met to discuss the practical implications of the Lex Machina 2025 Torts Litigation Report for legal and insurance professionals. Request your copy of the Lex Machina 2025 Torts Litigation Report here . Ron Porter, Esq. and Chuan Qin, Esq. of Lex Machina sat with Jas Jordan, Esq. , founding partner of The Law Office of Jas Jordan in Houston, Texas, for a deep exploration into the shifting...

September 08, 2025

Lex Machina^® 2025 Torts Litigation Report Examines Rise in Lawsuits

The Lex Machina® 2025 Torts Litigation Report explores the latest trends in torts cases in federal district and circuit courts, giving legal and insurance professionals powerful insights for risk assessment and dispute resolution in the 2020s. The report spotlights trends in non-product-liability tort claims for negligence, strict liability, assault, battery, defamation, false imprisonment, false-light invasion...

August 28, 2025

State Court Litigation Analytics: Enhanced Insights from Lex Machina

Interview with Chuan Qin , Lex Machina Lead Product Manager for State Courts Table of Contents What makes enhanced state court analytics in Lex Machina unique? How Lex Machina identifies state court cases that went to trial Why Lex Machina goes beyond court dockets into case filings How Lex Machina captures damages awarded in state court trials Why the ability to verify analytics through...

July 29, 2025

Lex Machina 2025 Damage Awards Report Explores Mixed Evidence for “Social Inflation”

By Carla Rydholm | Lex Machina General Manager and Head of Product The Lex Machina® 2025 Damage Awards Report provides a comprehensive overview of damage-award trends in United States federal district and circuit courts. Recent economic conditions have left companies and law firms wondering – what are lawsuits now worth? If you ask an insurance carrier or a civil defense attorney, they may tell you that...

July 17, 2025

Lex Machina 2025 Legal Analytics Survey: From Important to Essential

By Carla Rydholm | Lex Machina General Manager and Head of Product The ability to leverage data-driven insights has become common practice for litigators to craft winning case strategies. A new survey from Lex Machina ®, the LexisNexis® Legal Analytics® platform, provides compelling evidence that incorporating data-driven litigation strategies and business development evolved from important to essential...

July 11, 2025

Lex Machina 2025 Patent Litigation Report Shows 22% Surge in Filings and Record $4.3B in Damages

By Carla Rydholm | Lex Machina General Manager and Head of Product The 2025 Lex Machina® Patent Litigation Report reveals a striking 22% increase in U.S. patent case filings and a record-breaking $4.3 billion in damages awarded in 2024. Drawing from the industry’s most comprehensive Legal Analytics(R) platform, the report offers critical insights into patent litigation trends, including shifts in venue, rising...

April 08, 2025

Introducing LexisNexis Protégé™ in Lex Machina^®

Legal Analytics® Platform and Generative AI Lex Machina remains at the forefront of innovation as the landscape of legal technology evolves. With the introduction of LexisNexis Protégé in Lex Machina, LexisNexis® has leaped forward in making legal intelligence more accessible and actionable for all users. Learn how Protégé™ in Lex Machina uses generative artificial intelligence...

November 14, 2024

Lex Machina Releases New API Alerts

Lex Machina is proud to announce the release of its new API Alerts, which enhances and expands the scope of our powerful existing alert tool and API functionality. API Alerts combine Lex Machina’s popular alerting service with the option to receive alerts in a machine readable format. API Alerts enable API customers to embed data directly into their workflows and other tools. Lex Machina’s existing alert...

November 13, 2024

Launch of Lex Machina’s “Full Federal” Completes Its Federal District Court Coverage

Lex Machina is proud to launch “ Full Federal ”, which includes the release of the remaining cases in its complete federal district court dataset. This is a momentous milestone in Lex Machina’s journey to bring Legal Analytics to all areas of the law. Legal Analytics are powerful tools that help legal professionals gain reliable, data-driven insights into the litigation landscape that matters most...

November 03, 2024

How Legal Data APIs Can Drive Efficiency in Law Firm Business Development

By: Justin Brownstone and Greg Selbo Law firms must continually seek more innovative strategies and tactical ideas to attract and retain clients in order to thrive in today’s increasingly competitive legal industry. The main engines that make this possible are the professional business development teams that most firms have carefully built in recent decades. Law firm leaders and their business development professionals...

October 22, 2024

Lex Machina Releases Enhancements to its Litigation Footprint Feature

Lex Machina is proud to announce the release of enhancements to Litigation Footprint, a feature that offers an impressively broad range of party litigation data and that can combine searches across state, federal, and administrative courts into an easily digestible report. The new enhancements include a clarified report format identifying plaintiffs, defendants, and law firms for each where available. These new columns...

September 18, 2024

Understanding Legal Analytics for Contracts – Part 2

Now, let’s take a deeper look at the commercial cases. These cases are incredibly valuable to litigators. Our analytics allow you to look into what is going on in business disputes, who’s winning, who’s losing, and what kind of claim(s) they are bringing. Again, we can see what is happening in these types of cases in our case resolution analytics. As you can see, most of these types of cases...

September 17, 2024

Understanding Legal Analytics for Contracts – Part 1

What is your name and position at Lex Machina? Also, can you provide us with some of your background? Karen: My name is Karen Chadwick, and I am the Lex Machina Legal Data Expert for Commercial Law. Prior to working at Lex Machina, I served as in-house counsel for a major automotive supplier in Michigan. Also, I worked for a major law firm in Detroit. Can you tell us more about the contracts module in Lex Machina...

September 17, 2024

Lex Machina Releases its 2024 Trade Secret Litigation Report

Lex Machina is proud to release its 2024 Trade Secret Litigation Report, which provides insights into trade secret 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 firms, attorneys, parties, timing metrics, case resolutions, findings, and...

August 30, 2024

The San Francisco Chronicle awarded Lex Machina the “Top Workplace Award”

This prestigious award is given to companies that exemplify a great workplace, such as coming up with innovative ideas and creating a respected and supportive environment. Some survey questions consisted of the following: “[whether] new ideas are encouraged at Lex Machina” and “[whether] my job makes me feel like I am part of something meaningful.” Lex Machina Senior Director of Engineering...

August 22, 2024

Lex Machina Releases its 2024 Contracts: Commercial Litigation Report

Lex Machina is proud to release its 2024 Contracts: Commercial Litigation Report, which provides insights into commercial 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 firms, attorneys, parties, timing metrics, case resolutions, findings...

August 15, 2024

High-Volume Plaintiffs Turning Away from the Western District of Texas

Following up on a Lex Machina blog post last year on patent case filings in the Eastern and Western District of Texas, data from the first six months of 2024 shows that: 1. The steep drop in patent case filings by High-Volume Plaintiffs in 2023 may be bottoming out. In 2023, High-Volume Plaintiffs filed 962 cases in the U.S., a 43 percent decrease from 2022. But in the first six months of 2024, High-Volume Plaintiffs...

August 14, 2024

Understanding Legal Analytics for Civil Rights: A Conversation with Lex Machina Civil Rights Legal Data Expert, Samantha Pallini – Part 2

How can the analytics in Lex Machina provide a full picture of this practice area? Sam: In a basic sense, Civil Rights has everything that most other practice areas do–damages, injunctions, findings, appeals. But the requests for relief in Civil Rights cases typically pursue two avenues. The first avenue is seeking monetary relief, such as compensatory or punitive damages. The second avenue is asking for non-monetary...

August 13, 2024

Understanding Legal Analytics for Civil Rights: A Conversation with Lex Machina Civil Rights Legal Data Expert, Samantha Pallini – Part 1

What is your name and position at Lex Machina? Sam: My name is Samantha Pallini, and I am the Legal Data Expert for our Civil Rights module. My role is to create, maintain, and oversee the six different Civil Rights modules; part of that involves keeping my finger on the pulse of what is going on in Civil Rights litigation. I also ensure we’re prioritizing data integrity, that important cases are being highlighted...

August 12, 2024

Lex Machina Launches Enhanced Legal Analytics for Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas

The Lex Machina team is excited to launch enhanced Legal Analytics for Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas (“Hamilton County Court”). This represents Lex Machina’s first enhanced court in the Midwest, with many more to come in the future. Hamilton County Court joins Lex Machina’s state court coverage as the 101st enhanced state court, alongside over 1,200 Litigation Footprint state courts. ...