Lex Machina Legal Analytics Software

Lex Machina®Actionable Intelligence
Now empowered by LexisNexis Protégé

What is Lex Machina?

Lex Machina elevates legal decision-making with an unparalleled Legal Analytics® platform to win cases and secure new business — now empowered by Protégé. This proprietary technology and AI-assisted attorney review converts raw legal documents into comprehensive data sets, filling gaps in court records and delivering unique case insights you won’t find anywhere else.

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Generative Analytics

Lex Machina with Protégé

Experience intuitive, AI-powered assistance built on high-quality, structured Legal Analytics. Simply enter a prompt to quickly access complex data for actionable intelligence, smarter decisions, and winning outcomes.

Legal Analytics

Data science applied to the practice of law

Gain insights into the past behavior of parties, counsel, experts, judges, and courts to improve litigation and business outcomes. Lex Machina goes beyond the docket, revealing judge’s specific findings, awarded damages, case resolutions, involved parties, timelines, and much more.

Comprehensive Court Database

Trusted by over 90% of the largest firms*

Access insights from 45M customer-facing documents, across over ten million cases, involving 8K+ judges, 6K+ expert witnesses, with 146M+ counsel and 149M+ party mentions. Coverage includes all 94 federal district courts, 13 courts of appeal, PTAB, specialty venues, and various enhanced state courts. Party analytics for business intelligence benefits from an additional 18M state cases.

*Based on data as of April 2025. Largest firms indicated by 2025 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard Report and 2025 AmLaw100 Report.

Legal Entity Analytics

See the complete legal picture

Experience enhanced legal insights with enriched case data, detailing law firms, attorneys, parties, and judges in each dispute. This proprietary AI analyzes a wide array of documents, including reading signature blocks, updating case data, and grouping related entities, offering a comprehensive view of timelines and relationships to better understand the connections and see the complete legal picture.

Additional Features

State Court Motion Metrics

Leverage document driven state court motion metrics, focused on orders to access motion practice and timing analytics for over 40+ motion types by judge and court to capture key outcomes and enhance judge analytics.

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Timing Events

See how long it takes courts to reach key milestones in cases like yours.

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Legal Findings

View detailed practice-specific legal findings linked to judgment events.

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Appeals Analytics

Explore detailed analytics, information, and documents for all civil cases filed in federal appellate courts since 2012.  Discover reversal rates revealing outcomes from re-hearings and U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

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Class Action Analytics

Use class action analytics to view settlement damages, attorney fees, and class representative awards. Summarize timelines to forecast litigation budgets and manage client expectations effectively.

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API Integration

Integrate our API to quickly leverage the industry’s most accurate litigation data to create your own solutions.

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Additional Resources

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Dive into the latest legal insights on Lex Machina.

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Litigation Reports

Access a library of reports with in-depth analysis of litigation issues and trends.

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Trusted by legal professionals

Trusted by legal professionals

Changing the game

"Be careful when you pitch. Lex Machina is changing the game. If you are less than accurate with your story, and your competitors or your client has access to legal analytics, someone will call you out."

Chief IP Litigation CounselFortune 500 Company

It’s such a great resource.

"I use Lex Machina for every case. It’s such a great resource."

John JohnsonPartner, Fish & Richardson

I would want all my outside law firms to be using it.

"If I was at Google today, I would be using the type of data Lex Machina can deliver to select and manage outside counsel, and I would want all my outside law firms to be using it."

Miriam RiveraFormer Deputy GC, Google

Data Security, Privacy, and Governance

Security and privacy you can count on

Privacy by design

LexisNexis protects customer data wherever it is stored, sent, or accessed. We apply privacy by design principles at every stage of our systems, products, and business processes to ensure security and compliance are built in from the start. Our advanced encryption and rigorous compliance protect your sensitive information.

Strict security protocols

LexisNexis systems meet the highest standards for information security. We partner with trusted, enterprise-grade cloud providers, continuously monitor and improve our infrastructure, and undergo regular third-party audits to maintain industry-leading certifications.

Responsibly developed AI

LexisNexis follows the RELX Responsible AI Framework to ensure our AI protects privacy, is transparent and explainable, avoids unfair bias, includes human oversight, and is designed for real-world impact.

We never use customer data to train AI models and maintain robust data retention and deletion policies. Identifiable information is removed from AI interactions so that we can improve performance without compromising privacy.

Awards and Recognition

These accolades highlight LexisNexis’ ongoing commitment to innovation, leadership, and excellence in delivering cutting-edge technology.

Sign up for your free Lex Machina Legal Analytics demo

Our analytics experts will put you in the driver's seat and let you experience the power of Lex Machina: 


  • Review the performance of your opposing counsel
  • Understand the litigation history of your opposing party
  • Analyze the behavior of a court or judge
  • Anticipate the chances of success of your next motion

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