Legal Research

Lex Machina

Part of the LexisNexis platform

Updated 2026-03-24
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Workflows

Based on practitioner evidence, Lex Machina is used in these workflows:

Research & Analysis Client & Matter Lifecycle

What practitioners struggle with

Real frustrations from legal professionals — the problems Lex Machina addresses (or should address). Sourced from practitioner reviews, Reddit threads, and case studies.

Legal research costs $400-600/hour in associate time and takes hours of manual digging — searching Westlaw/Lexis, reading irrelevant results, synthesizing case law. Clients increasingly refuse to pay for research hours on invoices. AI can compress a 4-hour research memo into 20 minutes, but most firms have no approved tool

Research & Analysis 134 vendors affected Large firm (51–200) · Mid-size firm (11–50) · In-house counsel · Solo practitioner

IP boutique pitching for a new patent case needs to show the client their track record in the specific venue and before the assigned judge — but compiling this competitive intelligence manually from PACER filings takes days and the data is always incomplete

Client & Matter Lifecycle 5 vendors affected Mid-size firm (11–50) · Large firm (51–200)

Where it fits in your workflow

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