Dates that chase you, not the other way round.
Deadlines do not move because the office was busy. OpenLPM turns court and statutory dates into tracked, owned items — with reminders that reach a person, not a folder.
From a trigger date to a diary you trust
Calculate, don’t count by hand
Enter the trigger — service, filing, ruling, publication — and the system works out the date, with its type and priority.
Give every date a name
Deadlines attach to the matter and to a person. Overdue items appear on the dashboard of the person who owns them.
Reminders that arrive early
Reminders are sent ahead of the date, not on it, so there is still time to do something about it.
What it changes about a Tuesday
- “What is due this week?” is answered before the morning meeting, without opening ten files.
- Leave, illness and handover stop being a risk — cover sees the same calendar.
- Court dates are not discovered in a diary. They are on the matter, on the calendar, and in the reminder.
- The firm can show diligence — when the date was calculated, by whom, and when it was met.
Rules differ by court and by practice area. We configure the ones your firm actually works to.
How a date gets into the system
Four steps, and none of them is “remember it”.
Record the trigger
The date the clock started — service, delivery, judgment, publication — with the document that evidences it.
Let the rules calculate
The deadline type and priority are set, and the date is worked out and attached to the matter.
Assign the owner
One person is accountable. Their supervisor can see it too.
Meet it, and note it
Completing the step closes the date and leaves a note on the file — which is what an insurer will ask for later.
Questions about dates
Yes. Deadline rules are configured for your firm and can differ by court, by practice area and by matter type.
Both — and both appear on the firm calendar, with overdue items highlighted rather than politely ignored.
The step owner by default, plus whoever you nominate for cover — a supervisor, a team or a partner.
Bring your deadline rules to the demo
Tell us the courts and the practice areas you work in. If the calculation matches your firm’s reading of the rules, you will trust it quickly.