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Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
NOTE J – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company, various subsidiaries, and certain current and former officers have been or, from time to time, may be named as defendants in various lawsuits and claims arising in the normal course of business. The Company may also become involved with contract issues and disputes with customers, including government customers. For example, the Company, the General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have been and continue to be in discussions and document production related to the pricing of the Company’s government sales transactions under the Company’s GSA schedule contract, entered into in 2002 and extended through subsequent amendments. In the course of those discussions, the government has indicated that it may file a complaint under the civil False Claims Act. The Company cannot predict if, or when, the government may choose to file a complaint or the amount of damages the government may seek if it does file a complaint in this matter. Although the timing and ultimate outcome of this matter cannot be determined, the Company believes that the material aspects of the government’s liability theories are unfounded.
The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses in connection with its current lawsuits and material claims and disputes, and intends to vigorously contest each of them.
Based on the Company's experience, management believes that the damages amounts claimed in a case are not a meaningful indicator of the potential liability. Claims, suits, investigations and proceedings are inherently uncertain and it is not possible to predict the ultimate outcome of cases.
In the opinion of the Company's management based upon information currently available to the Company, while the outcome of these lawsuits, claims and disputes is uncertain, the likely results of these lawsuits, claims and disputes are not expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows, although the effect could be material to the Company's results of operations or cash flows for any interim reporting period. For some of these matters, the Company is unable to estimate a range of reasonably possible loss due to the stage of the matter and/or other particular circumstances of the matter. For others, a range of reasonably possible loss can be estimated. For those matters for which such a range can be estimated, the Company estimates that, in the aggregate, the range of reasonably possible loss is from zero to $25 million. This is in addition to amounts, if any, that have been accrued for those matters.
The Company is obligated to indemnify its officers and directors under certain circumstances to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. As a part of that obligation, the Company has advanced and will continue to advance certain attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by officers and directors in various lawsuits and investigations, as required under Delaware law.