Note 3 - Settlement and Other Charges	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements
Settlement and Other Charges [Text Block]	3. Settlement and Other Charges During the nine month period ended September 30, 2018, the Company recorded approximately $2.0 million of one -time charges relating to the following: On June 7, 2018, SGRP entered into mediation with the plaintiff's counsel in the SBS Clothier Litigation in order to settle any potential future liability for any possible judgment in that case. After extensive discussions, SGRP reached a settlement and entered into a memorandum of settlement agreement, which is subject to court approval and not likely to become final until several months into 2019 if and when the settlement is approved by the court. If approved, SGRP will pay a maximum settlement amount of $1.3 million, payable in four equal annual installments that commence 30 days after the settlement becomes final. The Company believes that it will be approved by the Court and therefore has recorded this charge to its financial statements in the respective reporting period. See Note 9 to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Commitments and Contingencies -- Legal Matters , below. Since November 2017, SMF has been in negotiations with SBS and SAS for reimbursement and security agreements to document, confirm and secure advances and repayment obligations for Affinity Insurance security deposits, which advances by SMF to SAS and SBS total approximately $675,000. Although SBS and SAS had verbally accepted those agreements in principal, the negotiations have ended with their refusal to allow fully perfected first priority security interests in the Cash Collateral and SAS's policies with and equity interests in Affinity and their demands for post-termination payments and offsets potentially larger than the Cash Collateral. Given the unwillingness of SBS and SAS to document, confirm and secure those advances and repayment obligations and the resulting material risk of non-payment by them to the Company, the Company has recorded a reserve for the full $675,000 in such receivables during the nine month period ended September 30, 2018. See Note 6 – Related-Party Transactions – Affinity Insurance , below.

Settlement and Other Charges

During the

nine

month period ended

September 30, 2018,

the Company recorded approximately

$2.0

million of

one

-time charges relating to the following:

June 7, 2018,

SGRP entered into mediation with the plaintiff's counsel in the SBS Clothier Litigation in order to settle any potential future liability for any possible judgment in that case. After extensive discussions, SGRP reached a settlement and entered into a memorandum of settlement agreement, which is subject to court approval and

not

likely to become final until several months into

2019

if and when the settlement is approved by the court. If approved, SGRP will pay a maximum settlement amount of

$1.3

million, payable in

four

equal annual installments that commence

days after the settlement becomes final. The Company believes that it will be approved by the Court and therefore has recorded this charge to its financial statements in the respective reporting period. See Note

to the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements –

Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters

, below.

Since

November 2017,

SMF has been in negotiations with SBS and SAS for reimbursement and security agreements to document, confirm and secure advances and repayment obligations for Affinity Insurance security deposits, which advances by SMF to SAS and SBS total approximately

$675,000.

Although SBS and SAS had verbally accepted those agreements in principal, the negotiations have ended with their refusal to allow fully perfected

first

priority security interests in the Cash Collateral and SAS's policies with and equity interests in Affinity and their demands for post-termination payments and offsets potentially larger than the Cash Collateral.

Given the unwillingness of SBS and SAS to document, confirm and secure those advances and repayment obligations and the resulting material risk of non-payment by them to the Company, the Company has recorded a reserve for the full

$675,000

in such receivables during the

nine

month period ended

September

30,

2018.

See Note

–

Related-Party Transactions

–

Affinity Insurance

, below.