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by jamesk_au 3562 days ago
> If I had an algorithm that produced halfway decent results in an automated fashion, I wouldn't use it to get into the legal technology market. I'd set myself up as a litigation funder and make boatloads of money with accurate valuations of potential investments.

Legalist is a recent YC startup aiming to do exactly that:

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-litigation-f...