Sometimes, it's best to go by the numbers. Each week, Law.com is telling critical legal stories through data visualizations. In week's roundup, Amanda Bronstad crunched the numbers on the demographics of leadership appointments in multidistrict litigation. Lisa Willis reported on the impacts of back-to-back hurricanes in the Southeast. The California Legal Awards honored rising stars under 40. Plus, Law.com International ranked the largest law firms in Africa by headcount.

Catch up on data and insights from across the Law.com Newsroom.