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Represents the number of annual installments in the litigation settlement.

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Litigation settlement total amount to be paid through six annual installments.

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Represents the percentage of litigation settlement amount to be paid by related party.

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Payments by related party for acquisition settlement agreement.

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Related party transaction aggregate payments to third party by related parties under extension option, less than.

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Related party transaction expenses from transactions with related party, less than.

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Amount awarded to other party in judgment or settlement of litigation.

No definition available.

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Amount of cash outflow reducing loss contingency liability.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82911808&loc=d3e14326-108349

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Other costs incurred during the reporting period related to other revenue generating activities.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.2)
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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