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Career Resources at Maloney Library: Litigation Analytics

Accessing Litigation Analytics

Litigation Analytics analyze court dockets, case opinions,  and more to generate reports on attorneys, judges, expert witnesses, companies and others. These reports show the number and types of cases handled each year, success rates, time between trial/argument and a ruling from a judge, which firms represent a particular company and for what types of cases and much more.  Westlaw, Lexis, and Bloomberg Law all offer their own versions of Litigation Analytics.

Using Litigation Analytics

Use Litigation Analytics to research litigation and transactional trends in your chosen field, find cases handled by law firms or attorneys of interest, discover the legal needs of corporate employers. You may search by Company, Attorney, Industry, Judge, Law Firm, and more. Type your preferred term into the main search box, select the relevant search result from the options presented. There are additional filters on the left side bar.   The screenshot below is from Westlaw.

 

This will bring you to a detailed page with information on courts, trends, and other analysis. Customize and search within these results! 

 

Research Tip: Find Law Firms by Industry

Use Litigation Analytics to search for law firms that are working in your industry of interest. Search for an industry - you can keep the search broad or narrow down within that field.

 

Click Save and then the search button, and use the search results side bar to filter by Law Firm Representation, or even individual attorney names, to see who is working the most in this area.