LexisNexis today announced its acquisition of Ravel Law, a legal research, analytics and visualisation platform. Ravel Law’s machine-learning, artificial intelligence and natural language processing technologies mine published case opinions, providing a wealth of information that helps litigators quickly uncover new insights and build specific arguments for use in court. 'To be successful in today’s competitive legal environment, lawyers need to make faster, more informed decisions, based on data that is incorporated into their natural workflow,' said Sean Fitzpatrick, managing director of North American Research Solutions at LexisNexis. 'That’s a big step forward for the legal information industry and precisely why LexisNexis continues to aggressively invest in, build and integrate innovative capabilities, such as those developed by Ravel Law, into our ever-expanding portfolio of legal analytics solutions.'
Insights into judges
The software provides insights into judges, jurisdictions, motion practice and parties to cases. For example, Lex Machina provides legal analytics about the behaviour of judges, law firms, lawyers and parties, enabling them to craft successful trial strategies, win cases and close business. Lexis Litigation Profile Suite, enhanced by Ravel Law technology, will complement this offering by providing insight into arguments that are likely to be persuasive to a judge. When combined with the behaviour analysis from Lex Machina, litigators have the ability to build judge-specific arguments for use in court.
Data driven decisions
'The Ravel Law team is excited to join LexisNexis for many reasons, chief among them is that we share a vision for the role of technology in the practice of law in which innovative, highly effective and easy to use tools help lawyers make data driven decisions,' said Daniel Lewis, CEO of Ravel Law. 'We look forward to bringing our expertise and technology to that effort at LexisNexis.' Ravel Law and its team will continue to be based in San Francisco.
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