Using Data to Manage State Court Litigation

Using Data to Manage State Court Litigation

State Court Data How and where do we get it? Is it reliable? What can we do with it?

VI User Data Information from Vendors

Fractured State Court Data…. PACER has ONE format. CA has 58 counties…. • Is the data available electronically? • Behind a paywall? TOS? CAPTCHA? • What format is the data in? • Cutting a deal with the county directly? • Is data missing?

II Data Processing Normalization

Data Processing Analyzing the data Human lawyer review of data set Machine tries to match human review of same data set Machine review of matching accuracy Machine learns and looks at new data set after high accuracy is achieved Human lawyer fixes machine errors Human lawyer review of matching accuracy

Internal Litigation Data What are you collecting? When in the process? How are you collecting it...

Data Problems Problems with underlying data • Missing judges • Missing filing party • Missing motion type • Missing motion outcome

Different counties have different problems • Many Riverside records don’t name the judge • 87% of case events were missing the judge • Many Los Angeles records don’t name either the filing party, motion type or motion outcome • In Orange County, evern motion is called “Motion”

IV Data Solutions Resolving ambiguous trial outcomes Human lawyers taught the machine to look beyond the trial entry: • Attorney’s fees motions • Cost memorandums • Motions to tax costs • Party filing judgment • Party filing appeal

What can we do with state court data?

Using Data to Manage State Court Litigation

Using Data to Manage State Court Litigation

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