The Andersen ruling may have repercussions for another high-profile case arising from the dotcom bust.

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Andersen, Enron's auditors, may have allowed these transactions because they were considered too small to be material.

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The mess that John Sidgmore, WorldCom's new boss, revealed last week is being investigated by KPMG, which replaced the firm's long-standing external auditors, Andersen (yes, them), in May.

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