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Law Office Automation

Feb. 5, 2016

Firms build in-house litigation software to get an edge

Lawyers are dipping their toe into the world of litigation research software, with some firms designing their own programs to help them mine documents from past cases to create scouting reports about judges and to track trends in litigation and case law.

By Joshua Sebold
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The stop sign sitting next to the case citation tells Jeffrey Rovner that this isn't the precedent he's looking for.

O'Melveny & Myers LLP's managing director of information already searched the judge's name to see if any of the firm's attorneys had clerked for her before. Now he's looking at her rulings for clues on how she handles antitrust cases, but the familiar stop sign symbol lets ...

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