How exactly Fidelity Investments extracted itself from a legal and HR quagmire and why it'll cost far more than the public $12-million amount
The settlement's small print reveals Fidelity employee may receive additional hundreds of millions of dollars in value over time

Mike Byrnes
Correction for this article. Lori’s last name is spelled Bilewcz.
When I worked with her at Fidelity, I found her to be intelligent, talented and well liked…
And now many past and present employees of the big green machine probably like her even more! — Mike Byrnes, President of Byrnes Consulting, LLC, www.byrnesconsulting.com
PS Can’t wait to see the $10 get added to my account. Ha.
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