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DataCert is committed to ensuring you obtain a quick return on investment on your electronic invoicing and legal spend management initiative. The most important step in e-invoicing is submission of invoices from your law firms and vendors. Using our technology, law firms and vendors can securely submit summary and detailed invoices.

How it Works
ShareDoc^® is the backbone of DataCert's invoice submission network. It gives firms and vendors the ability to submit detailed invoices in a variety of formats including Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard (LEDES1998B), Data Clearing House (DCH), and PeerPoint. These invoices contain information including matter, vendor, header-level invoice data, as well as fee and expense codes, timekeeper, timekeeper rate, description, number of hours, etc.

"E-billing provides our general counsel with an effective tool not only to reduce legal fees, but also to show senior management exactly how those reductions were achieved." Brian Kenny Manager of Planning and Analysis Marsh and McLennan

Using ShareDoc is as easy as using email and it requires nothing more than an Internet browser. Users log-on, select a client and upload one or more invoices. Each invoice is validated to ensure the matter exists and is active. If the law firm/vendor is authorized to submit work to the matter, the math is accurate and it adheres to the corporate billing guidelines, then it will be posted to the appropriate reviewer within the corporate legal department. The law firm or vendor will then receive an email notification once it has been received by the client.

Electronic Invoicing Benefits

• Take control of the invoice process by eliminating paper-based invoices
• Standardize and simplify the billing process
• Enforce billing guideline compliance
• Reduce delivery time from days to minutes
• Eliminate double-billing, overcharging and neglected invoices
• Collect invoice data for analysis
• No network infrastructure to build or maintain