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 need for the right legal team and an immediate defense strategy is urgent.  Every moment counts, and liability exposure grows by the second. 

The firm that delivers the first insight and the strongest strategy instantly earns confidence. Together, CourtLink® and Lex Machina® empower you to be that proactive, data driven partner, ready to respond, advise, and win new business. 

The Power of Rapid Insight

LexisNexis® provides litigators with unmatched intelligence on new lawsuits across state and federal courts. CourtLink delivers speed and coverage. Lex Machina delivers analytical depth. Together, they help law firms and legal departments respond faster, assess risk more accurately, and demonstrate expertise in every client interaction. 

CourtLink®: Be the First to Know

CourtLink give you the fastest and most comprehensive view of new litigation in the United States. With coverage of more than 1,900 state and federal courts, powerful search tools, and customizable alerts, CourtLink ensures you never miss a new filing involving your clients, competitors, or target industries. 

Use CourtLink to: 

• Track litigation activity for clients, prospects, and competitors 

• Set real-time alerts to monitor filings by counsel, parties, judges, or topic. 

• Receive updates fast, often within one hour of federal court filings. 

Flexible alert options in CourtLink allow users to monitor litigation involving a specific party, area of law, or jurisdiction of interest. 

With CourtLink, firms can quickly identify new lawsuits, alert affected clients and position themselves as the first and most informed resource for representation. 

Exclusive advantages: 

• Broadest court coverage in the market for complete visibility. 

• Real-time alerts that enable immediate outreach and action. 

• Business development intelligence to identify and engage potential clients as soon as litigation begins. 

• Seamless integration with Lexis® Snapshot, which summarizes new complaints so you can quickly determine their relevance. 

Lex Machina®: Turn Data into Strategy

Once you know about a new lawsuit, Lex Machina provides the insights to act strategically.  By transforming millions of litigation dockets and documents into structured data, Lex Machina delivers analytics on outcomes, judicial behaviors, and counsel performance across every major practice area. 

With data from 10M+ cases and 45M+ documents, Lex Machina reveals how similar cases have played out and what that means for your client. 

Lex Machina provides legal professionals with the ability to understand quickly and easily how cases like their own have tended to resolve. 

Use Lex Machina to: 

• Analyze case outcomes and timelines to anticipate likely results. 

• Compare opposing counsel or judge behavior based on historical data. 

• Quantify your firm’s track record for RFP’s and client pitches. 

• Identify patterns across venues, industries, and case types. 

Let Machina equips legal teams to support every pitch and proposal with hard data, turning qualitative claims into measurable proof of success. 

The Synergy: Speed and Strategy

CourtLink alerts you first. Lex Machina tells you what to do next. 

Together, they form a complete litigation intelligence solution. This combination gives firms both the fastest alerts and the smartest insights, ensuring no opportunity is missed, and no client need goes unanswered.  

Request a complimentary demonstration of Lex Machina and customized analytics report at LexisNexis.com/LexMachina. Request a complimentary demonstration and trial of CourtLink here. 

FAQs

1. What is the difference between CourtLink® and Lex Machina®?

CourtLink provides real-time access to millions of court dockets and documents to help track litigation and stay ahead of new filings, while Lex Machina converts raw legal documents into comprehensive data sets that fill gaps in court records and deliver unique case insights to guide litigation strategy.  

2. How can CourtLink® and Lex Machina® help with business development?

Together, they enable firms to identify new matters quickly, reach out to potential clients first, and support pitches with data-backed success metrics. 

3. Can CourtLink® monitor specific clients or industries?

Yes. You can set alerts for specific clients, opposing counsel, judges, law firms, or practice areas to ensure you never miss relevant litigation.

4. What kinds of analytics does Lex Machina® provide?

It offers insights into outcomes, damages, timelines, and behaviors of judges, counsel, and parties — helping firms predict results and refine strategies. 

5. How do these tools integrate with other LexisNexis® solutions?

Yes, Lex Machina® and CourtLink® work alongside solutions like Lexis+ AI ®, CaseMap+™ AI, Lexis® Verdict & Settlement Analyzer, Context, and Lexis® Expert Research On-Demand to deliver a complete litigation strategy toolkit.