What is Lex Machina?

• Founder: Josh Becker
• Launch: 2010
• Use Cases: Litigation strategy, legal research, client advisory, competitive analysis, risk assessment
• Technology: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence

Lex Machina is an AI-powered legal platform that transforms the way attorneys, law firms, and corporate law departments approach litigation through its powerful legal analytics platform. Lex Machina analyzes millions of court cases and docket entries to identify actionable insights that will help litigation professionals predict outcomes, analyze trends, and develop a stronger legal strategy. Originally developed at Stanford Law School, Lex Machina employs cutting-edge natural language processing and artificial intelligence techniques to transform complex legal data into actionable intelligence. One of the main benefits of Lex Machina is its analytics tools, which help judges, law firms, attorneys, and parties to assess performance, spot trends, and anticipate possible actions from opposing lawyers. Businesses utilize Lex Machina to understand their litigation risk, while law firms rely on Lex Machina to attract clients, gauge the strength of a case, and develop a courtroom strategy. For patent litigation, commercial litigation, or securities litigation, Lex Machina is an incredibly deep and rich source of reliable data to help make smarter legal decisions with a greater body of data to rely on, replacing guesswork. Lex Machina enables users to be more proactive and to try to stay ahead of the competition in a more competitive legal landscape.