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Re:Why Law Firm Rankings Are Useless by sandworm101 on Thursday September 15, 2016 @01:37PM (#12508126)
I'd add that the majority of civil cases are resolved through non-public deals whereby no third party can tell who has won or lost.

That said, it might be interesting to apply machine learning at the appellate level. There, the outcomes are public and more readable by machines. Something as simple as looking for tell-tales such as "reverse", "dismissed" or "we side with the appellant" in holdings could be mapped to firms.

Re:Why Law Firm Rankings Are Useless by monocasa on Thursday September 15, 2016 @01:42PM (#12508167)
Hell, if the lawyers have done a good job, both sides walk away from a settlement thinking that they won.
Re:Why Law Firm Rankings Are Useless by libertymcateer on Thursday September 15, 2016 @04:58PM (#12509767)
Or that neither won.