2015 - LexPredict®

#FantasySCOTUS Update: Crowds and Algorithm Get Outcome In DirecTV v. Imburgia, but Miss Odd Split

Author: LexPredict, LLCOn: Dec 14Categories: FantasySCOTUS, LexAnalysis

DirectTV v. Imburgia presented a question of whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts California Law. The vote was 6-3, but with a relatively odd lineup. Justice Breyer wrote for the Court, joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Justices Scalia,...

FantasySCOTUS Predictions for Fisher v. University of Texas, Austin

Author: LexPredict, LLCOn: Dec 10Categories: FantasySCOTUS, LexAnalysis

The FantasySCOTUS Crowd predicted that Fisher v. University of Texas, Austin would be a 5-3 reverse, with Justice Kennedy in the majority. The {Marshall}+ Algorithm expected a 6-2 reverse, with Justice Breyer joining the majority. Notably, oral arguments...

FantasySCOTUS Update: {Marshall}+ and Crowd Accurately Predict McManus v. Shapiro

Author: LexPredict, LLCOn: Dec 08Categories: FantasySCOTUS, LexAnalysis

Today, the Supreme Court decided McManus v. Shapiro, a unanimous reversal. Both the {Marshall}+ Algorithm and the FantasySCOTUS crowd accurately predicted the case.

FantasySCOTUS Update: OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs

Author: LexPredict, LLCOn: Dec 01Categories: FantasySCOTUS, LexAnalysis No Comments

On Tuesday, December 1, the Supreme Court decided its first case of the year, OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs. The outcome was a unanimous reversal. The FantasySCOTUS crowd predicted a 9-0 reversal, and the {Marshall}+ Algorithm predicted a 7-2 reversal....

Oyez, Oyez, Oyez! The October 2015 Term of FantasySCOTUS Is Now In Session

Author: LexPredict, LLCOn: Oct 05Categories: Analytics, FantasySCOTUS, LexAnalysis No Comments

Oyez, oyez oyez! Happy first Monday! Today LexPredict has launched the 7th Season of FantasySCOTUS. Continuing our successes from last year, FantasySCOTUS is sponsored by Thomson Reuters. If you’ve played before, or are new to the competition, sign...

Do Supreme Court Decisions Move Markets? Coverage of Our Work in the Wall Street Journal

Author: LexPredict, LLCOn: Aug 26Categories: Analytics, Data, FantasySCOTUS, Press, Technology No Comments

This week our latest paper entitled Law on the Market? Evaluating the Securities Market Impact of Supreme Court Decisions. It was recently covered by the Wall Street Journal under the headline “Do Supreme Court Decisions Move Markets?” The...

Announcing the LexPredict Agreement Database

Author: LexPredict, LLCOn: Jun 27Categories: Business, Data, Press, Technology No Comments

Today, we’re announcing the official availability of the LexPredict Agreement Database. A few weeks ago, we sponsored a challenge for the Chicago LexHacks 2015 Hackathon: Extracting Simple Contract Metadata. As previously mentioned, we provided...

Chicago LexHacks 2015 Challenge – Extracting simple contract metadata

Author: LexPredict, LLCOn: Jun 04Categories: Business, Technology

The LexHacks 2015 Hackathon is taking place this weekend, June 6th and 7th, in Chicago. As sponsors, we’re putting up a challenge and backing it with a cash prize. For this year’s challenge, we are drawing interest to the problem of identifying...

FantasySCOTUS Predictions Before, During, and After Oral Arguments in King v. Burwell

Author: LexPredict, LLCOn: Mar 06Categories: LexAnalysis

FiveThirtyEight continues to mine the FantasySCOTUS dataset for insights into Supreme Court forecasts. The latest feature offers insights into how the predictions for the Court–Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kennedy–fluctuated throughout...

FiveThirtyEight Priors and Precedent Feature: FantasySCOTUS Predictions for EEOC v. Abercrombie and Fitch

Author: LexPredict, LLCOn: Feb 27Categories: LexAnalysis

The very cool FiveThirtyEight will be using FantasySCOTUS predictions for pending cases. The first feature by Oliver Roeder looks at EEOC v. Abercrombie and Fitch. Here I’ll turn to two sources: the {Marshall}+ algorithm — a computer program designed...