The timeline — what counts as an event
The timeline is the case in chronological order. It is where you see the story of a matter unfold — what happened, when, and what Cedent did about it — with every entry linking back to the email or document behind it.
Two kinds of entries
Section titled “Two kinds of entries”The timeline captures two kinds of things:
- Case events — the milestones of the case: filings, court orders, service, hearings, discovery, and deadlines that Cedent reads out of your email and documents. These are the things that would go in a case chronology.
- Activity — the running record of work on the matter: email received and sent, documents added, drafts produced, and facts updated.
Some entries are both — a conflict that was flagged and then resolved, for instance, or a correction you made by hand — because they are both a milestone and a piece of activity.
Tracing an entry to its source
Section titled “Tracing an entry to its source”Every entry links back to what produced it. A hearing on the timeline points to the court notice it came from; an updated fact points to the document that changed it. When something on the timeline surprises you, follow it to the source and check — this is part of Cedent being source-grounded.
What the timeline is good for
Section titled “What the timeline is good for”- Catching up on a case — read down the timeline to see what has happened recently.
- Understanding a change — when a fact in the synopsis updated, the timeline shows when and on what basis.
- Verifying — every milestone is one click from the email or document that established it.
Common questions
Section titled “Common questions”Why is there both a timeline and a synopsis? The synopsis is the current state of the case; the timeline is how it got there. The synopsis tells you the hearing date; the timeline shows when that date was set and by what.
An event is on the timeline but the date looks wrong. Open the event and follow it to its source to check what the source actually says. If the source is right and the entry is wrong, correct it; if the source itself is off, that is a discrepancy worth resolving on the matter.