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 $1.9 million and $2.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively and approximately $2.1 million and $2.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The restructuring liability was approximately $2.6 million as of June 30, 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):



	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Balance, Beginning of the year	$	2,338		$	2,551
Severance and other associated costs	2,084			648
Cash payments	(1,845		)	(2,807		)
Wind down cost legacy platform	—			1,946
Balance, End of period	$	2,577		$	2,338

The following table presents the detail of expenses for the Company's restructuring charges for the three months ended June 30, 2018 (amounts in thousands):



	June 30, 2018		June 30, 2017
Severance and other associated costs	$	1,906	$	289
Wind down cost legacy platform	—		1,787
Total restructuring costs	$	1,906	$	2,076

The following table presents the detail of expenses for the Company's restructuring charges for the six months ended June 30, 2018 (amounts in thousands):



	June 30, 2018		June 30, 2017
Severance and other associated costs	$	2,084	$	399
Wind down cost legacy platform	—		1,916
Total restructuring costs	$	2,084	$	2,315