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ACCRUED EXPENSES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
ACCRUED EXPENSES [Abstract] |
Accrued expenses | Accrued expenses consist of the following (dollars in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Sales commissions |  | $ | 1,295 |  |  | $ | 1,291 |
Subcontracting labor |  |  | 2,408 |  |  |  | 2,343 |
Salaries, bonuses and related benefits |  |  | 6,023 |  |  |  | 5,315 |
Litigation reserve |  |  | 11,549 |  |  |  | 11,549 |
Other |  |  | 4,085 |  |  |  | 2,438 |
|  | $ | 25,360 |  |  | $ | 22,936 |

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