The Lex Machina 2026 Patent Litigation Report shows a split-screen story: By the end of 2025, district court filings had just reached their highest level in a decade, while activity before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) had begun a sharp descent. Plaintiffs...
Litigation insights from Lex Machina®, the LexisNexis® Legal Analytics® platform, allow law offices to support their recommendations with data. Clients appreciate legal professionals who can explain what similar cases suggest about risk, timing, damages...
By Chuan Qin and Adam Mills Masarek1 Los Angeles Superior Court has long served as one of the nation’s busiest and most influential trial courts. Over the last several years, however, one category of litigation has undergone a dramatic transformation: California...
For legal teams evaluating federal agency action, the Administrative Procedure Act, or APA, is a foundational statute. Often searched as “what is the administrative procedures act,” the APA establishes the framework for agency rulemaking, certain adjudications...
Results from the Lex Machina ® 2026 Impact of Legal Analytics Survey show how deeply analytics have influenced modern litigation practice. In a survey of 207 law firm professionals in the U.S., respondents reported using analytics to assess litigation exposure...
Selecting outside counsel is one of the most important decisions an in-house legal department makes. The right law firm can influence litigation outcomes, costs, and overall risk exposure, making outside counsel selection a critical component of legal strategy...
Seattle tort litigation trends shifted dramatically over the past two years. While medical malpractice and vehicle tort filings continue to follow long-term downward trends, other tort lawsuits in King County Superior Court have surged since 2025. According to...
Class action litigation surged in 2025, driven largely by consumer protection disputes, cybersecurity claims, and evolving privacy litigation. During the recent webcast, Perspectives on the Lex Machina 2026 Class Action Litigation Report , Lex Machina Legal Data...
When companies face liability claims, general counsel and corporate legal teams are often asked to ascertain risk, forecast potential outcomes, and justify strategies for resolution before the facts are fully developed. That pressure gets sharper when business...
After several years of relative stability, federal class action filings jumped in 2025 to more than 12,200 cases, a roughly 25 percent increase year over year and the highest total in at least a decade. The newly released Lex Machina 2026 Class Action Litigation...
April 11th marks the anniversary of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Federal Fair Housing Act (FHA). Since its enactment and through its amendments, the FHA has expressly prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion,...
Following the introduction of new judicial districts, Houston, Texas’ civil case backlog dropped significantly in 2025. Across several key pretrial motions in civil cases, Harris County District Court judges ruled far more quickly in 2025 than in 2023 and...
In a recent webcast on the Lex Machina 2026 Employment Litigation Report, product experts and leading practitioners convened to discuss what the data shows in recent federal labor and employment disputes, and how employers can translate those shifts into strategy...
Available now, the Lex Machina® 2026 Employment Litigation Report delivers a comprehensive analysis of federal labor and employment litigation trends from 2016 through 2025. Drawing on more than a decade of data, the report equips law firms and corporate legal...
Lex Machina ®, the LexisNexis® Legal Analytics® platform, delivers comprehensive data and exclusive insights for hundreds of thousands of civil appeals to the federal circuit courts. For each appeal, Lex Machina shows companies and law firms which party...