Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

Note 2: Discontinued Operations

On May 16, 2012, the Company completed the sale of substantially all of the assets and certain of the liabilities of its bankruptcy servicing subsidiary Ascension Capital Group, Inc. (“Ascension”) to a subsidiary of American InfoSource, L.P. (“AIS”). As part of the sale, the Company agreed to fund certain, agreed-upon operating losses in the first year of AIS’ ownership of the Ascension business, not to exceed $4.0 million. If the Ascension business becomes profitable under AIS’ ownership, the Company will be paid an earn-out equal to 30 to 40% of Ascension’s EBITDA for the first five years commencing May 16, 2012. The Company received no proceeds from the sale. Additionally, the Company recognized the entire $4.0 million loss contingency during the second quarter of 2012.

The Company performed an interim goodwill impairment test for Ascension as of March 31, 2012 and concluded that the entire goodwill balance relating to Ascension of $9.9 million was impaired. Additionally, the Company wrote-off the remaining identifiable intangible assets of approximately $0.4 million relating to Ascension as of March 31, 2012.

Ascension’s operations are presented as discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, in the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The following table presents the revenue and components of discontinued operations, net of tax (in thousands):

	Three Months  Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011			2012			2011
Revenue	$	—	$	4,716		$	5,704		$	14,409
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes	$	—	$	94		$	(11,942	)	$	763
Income tax (expense) benefit		—		(34	)		4,678			(297	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		—		60			(7,264	)		466
Loss on sale of discontinued operations, before income taxes		—		—			(2,416	)		—
Income tax benefit		—		—			586			—
Loss on sale of discontinued operations		—		—			(1,830	)		—
Total income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	—	$	60		$	(9,094	)	$	466