A checkpoint is an event that changes what is known about a matter and therefore re-times one or more of its clocks, such as a survived motion, a certification decision or a scheduling order. Estimates are updated at checkpoints, not on a calendar.
Checkpoints give re-estimation a rule. When one occurs, the matter's peers are re-sorted: the cohort is restricted to matters that reached the same point, and the conditional distribution is recomputed.
A single event often re-times several clocks at once. A ruling can move the next procedural event, the settlement hazard and the appeal timeline together.
A checkpoint is not any new document. It is an event with measurable information content.
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