Restructuring

The Company’s restructuring costs related to wind-down and severance costs associated with re-prioritizing and reallocating resources to focus on areas showing high growth potential. The expense associated with this restructuring was approximately $0.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017. The restructuring liability was approximately $1.5 million as of March 31, 2018 and $2.3 million as of December 31, 2017. It is classified as accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The following table presents the detail of the liability for the Company's restructuring charges for the periods presented (amounts in thousands):



	March 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
Balance, Beginning of the year	$	2,338		$	2,551
Severance and other associated costs	178			648
Cash payments	(1,031		)	(2,807		)
Wind down cost legacy platform	—			1,946
Balance, End of period	$	1,485		$	2,338

The following table presents the detail of expenses for the Company's restructuring charges for the three months ended March 31, 2018 (amounts in thousands):



	March 31, 2018		March 31, 2017
Severance and other associated costs	$	178	$	110
Wind down cost legacy platform	—		130
Total restructuring costs	$	178	$	240