Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

Commitments.    We lease office space and certain equipment under operating leases that expire at various times through 2016. Future minimum lease payments required under operating leases that have initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of December 31, 2014, were as follows:

Year Ending December 31,	Abandoned Lease		Operating Leases
	(In Thousands)
2014	$	609	$	915
2015		456		649
2016		-		5
2017		-		-
Thereafter		-		-
	$	1,065	$	1,569

Rent payments under operating leases were $1.8 million, $1.7 million and $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Contingencies.    We are sometimes a party to litigation incidental to our business. We believe that these routine legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position. We are not involved in any legal proceedings which would be material to our consolidated financial statements. We maintain insurance in amounts with coverages and deductibles that we believe are reasonable. However, there can be no assurance that such coverages will continue to be available on reasonable terms or will be available in sufficient amounts to cover possible claims that may arise in the future, or that our insurers will not disclaim coverage as to any future claim. The successful assertion of one or more claims against the Company that exceed available insurance coverages or changes in the Company’s insurance policies, including premium increases or the imposition of a large deductible or co-insurance requirements, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

The Company had approximately $58 thousand and $428 thousand of unrecognized tax benefits, penalties and interest expense related to uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

As of December 31, 2014, we have an accrual for pre-acquisition sales and use tax exposure of $250 thousand. The potential sales and use tax-related liability was created by the methods employed by a former employee of Fullscope to conceal a fraudulent activity. The originally estimated sales and use tax exposure of $1.5 million was reduced as we update our filings and submitted the required payments. Future amounts recovered, if any, will be recorded by the Company in the period in which the amounts are determined to be probable of recovery from escrow.