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Legal Expenses, Exposures And Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Legal Expenses, Exposures And Contingencies [Abstract]  
Legal Expenses, Exposures And Contingencies

13. Legal Expenses, Exposures and contingencies.

The Company is party to various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, including litigation and governmental and regulatory controls. The Company has not accrued any liability for legal contingencies as no legal contingency has been deemed to be probable of occurring. The Company's estimates regarding legal contingencies are based on information known about the matters and its experience in contesting, litigating and settling similar matters. It is the opinion of management with respect to pending or threatened litigation matters that unfavorable outcomes are neither probable nor remote and that estimates of possible loss are not able to be made. Although actual amounts could differ from management's estimate, none of the actions are believed by management to involve future amounts that would be material to the Company's financial position or results of operations.

The Company estimates the costs associated with known legal exposures and their related legal expenses and accrues reserves for either the probable liability, if that amount can be reasonably estimated, or otherwise the lower end of an estimated range of potential liability. There was no accrual related to litigation at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

The Company is in discussions with one customer for which certain IT services had been performed. There is a dispute regarding the IT services performed. The contract with the customer contains a limitation of liability clause that limits the Company's liability to the amount of the holdback the customer has retained amounting to approximately $0.3M. The Company believes it has meritorious defenses against any claim of liability and will vigorously defend any such claim if raised. The Company does not believe this matter will have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.