Research

Contract Review Software Improves Due Diligence

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Dec 07Categories: Analytics, ContraxSuite, Data, Research, Technology No Comments

M&A is a common occurrence in the business world, one that involves a lot of complex negotiation and contract review. In the past (and still in the present), contract review for M&A deals required a lot of man hours. Not only would legal professionals...

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Paper Complete: Predicting The Outcome of Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Filings

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Nov 20Categories: Analytics, Data, News, Press, Research, Technology No Comments

Can we predict the success rate of Chapter 13 bankruptcy filings? Over the summer, we discussed the work of Warren Agin on bankruptcy, machine learning, and prediction models. One of the ultimate goals of legal analytic research is to increase positive...

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Can We Predict The Outcome of Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Filings?

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Aug 30Categories: Analytics, Data, News, Press, Research, Technology No Comments

Can we predict the success rate of Chapter 13 bankruptcy filings? At LexPredict, we’ve answered similar questions before. Our predictive analysis of Supreme Court decisions is one notable example. Our Supreme Court prediction game, FantasySCOTUS,...

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Dan Katz Lectures at Bucerius

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Aug 06Categories: Analytics, Data, News, Research No Comments

LexPredict CSO Dan Katz recently returned from a week-long trip to Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany. The Legal Technology and Operations Summer School at Bucerius is a series of courses taught by Bucerius professors and visiting professors. Dan...

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The Wisdom of Crowdsourcing

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Jul 09Categories: Data, FantasySCOTUS, LexAnalysis, Research No Comments

The big news lately is all about the impending retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. The past two weeks have seen a flurry of media activity as so-called “experts” prognosticate about who Trump will select as Kennedy’s...

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FantasyJustice Returns!

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Jun 27Categories: Data, FantasySCOTUS, News, Research No Comments

With the news today of the imminent retirement of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, we have updated and re-activated FantasyJustice. Back in late 2016, FantasyJustice correctly predicted the nomination of Justice Neil Gorsuch. Will the Crowd catch lightning...

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OpenEDGAR: Open Source Software for the SEC EDGAR Database

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Jun 20Categories: Data, News, Press, Research No Comments

LexPredict’s OpenEDGAR framework is officially live! Last week, Michael Bommarito, Dan Katz, and Eric Detterman published a new paper on the OpenEDGAR framework. “OpenEDGAR: Open Source Research Software for SEC EDGAR Data” is available...

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LexNLP Paper Released: An NLP Toolkit for Legal

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Jun 12Categories: Analytics, Data, News, Press, Research No Comments

Last week, we published a paper officially introducing LexNLP. “LexNLP: Natural Language Processing and Information Extraction for Legal and Regulatory Texts” is up on SSRN now. Natural Language Processing (NLP) in a Nutshell Researchers and...

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Dan Katz Joins CLOC Panel Discussion on Contract Analytics

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: May 01Categories: ContraxSuite, News, Press, Research No Comments

Last week at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) meeting in Las Vegas, our own Daniel Martin Katz spoke on a panel discussing the widening scope of AI, machine learning, and contract analytics in the law. Filling in last-minute for Google’s...

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Paper Published: Crowdsourcing the Supreme Court

Author: Robert SancrainteOn: Dec 12Categories: Data, FantasySCOTUS, News, Press, Research No Comments

Many of our regular blog readers also participate in FantasySCOTUS. It’s a fun challenge for our users, and it keeps many of them coming back year after year (the cash prizes help, too). FantasySCOTUS is more than just a game, though. It’s...

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