Prof. Alexandre Pacheco da SilvaProf. Marina Feferbaum
Impact of machine learning technologies on legal practice of mass litigation
Machine Learning
Litigation in Brazil
Final Remarks
Case 1: Sapiens
Case 2: Finch Solutions
Brazilian Supreme Court Litigation Report (2017)
- Brazilian population: 206 millions- New lawsuits: 27 million (per year)- Judicial Decisions: 27 millions (year)- Pending cases: 73 million - Permanent negative balance
Litigation in Brazil
- Top litigators in Brazil:- Federal Government- Banks- Brazilian States - Telecommunication Companies- Municipalities - Associations & Unions - Insurance Companies
16%
8%
10%
10%13%
20%
23%
Labour Torts Procedings CriminalConsumer Tax Others
Distribution (Themes)
Judicial Costs
Total: 21.6 billions (euros)
Staff:19.2 billions
(euros)84%
IT Resources:519 millions
(euros)2,4%
Applications in the legal field
Production line of petitions/requests (Management)
Consolidated legal arguments about the dispute (Patterns)
Large number of legal documents available (Dataset)
Mass Litigation
Intensive in human resources (Opportunity)
Case I
Document management system
Virtual Assistant
Data Visualisation Platform
SubjectDefendant Identification Type Due DateInitial Draft
Autocomplete function (Algorithm)
Identification of a legal argument(Algorithm)
Finch Solutions
- Created by a Law Firm (2013)- Focus: Mass Litigation - Goal: Reduce Costs and Human
Resources- Hybrid teams: Engineers and
Lawyers
Finch Solutions
- Strategy:
- Develop solutions in legal services with machine learning tools (Xgracco)
- License and adapt solutions from other companies (IBM - Watson)
Defendants Profile
(Neural Network)
Judges Profile
(Neural Network)
Virtual Assistant(Suggest
arguments and inform lawyers)
Crawler(Collect Judicial
decisions from
Court Site)
Risk
Assessment
(Predictive
Analysis)
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Services (Algorithms)
The investments in technology (machine learning) are creating competitive advantages for legal institutions in mass litigation
There is a potential growth in access to justice and an opportunity to improve legal services to those who cannot afford it
The introduction of machine learning in mass litigation does not mean a reduction of the number of lawsuits
Final Remarks
As a University, we need to face the following dilemma: what will be the fundamental skills for a legal professional in this context?
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