ENSURING THE ACCURATENESS AND CURRENTNESS OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SUBMITTER OF AN ELECTRONIC INVOICE THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF A MATTER

A facility for insuring information currentness is described. The facility receives from a party a request to submit an invoice. In response to receiving a request, the facility tests the currentness of information to be provided by the party. The facility permits the party to submit an invoice in connection with the request only if the testing determines that the information to be provided by the party is current.