Commercial Dispute

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Commercial Dispute [Abstract]

Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

Commercial Dispute

One of our consolidated subsidiaries was engaged in a commercial dispute with a third party. Under generally accepted accounting principles, we recorded $5.9 million in other expenses during the third quarter of 2014 to establish a provision for our estimate of our maximum exposure for this contingency. We paid the disputed amount in January 2015 but continued asserting our contractual rights. In June 2015, we settled the commercial dispute and recovered $3.7 million (net of legal costs), which we have recorded in other revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.