Counsel’s Advisories

March 14, 2003

Counsel’s Advisories

Court Invokes “Enron” As Basis For Reinstating Securities Fraud Suit

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David A. Kotler, a partner, and John J. Sullivan, an associate, in the Princeton, New Jersey office of the law firm Dechert LLP.

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