Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had the following outstanding interest rate derivatives that were not designated as qualifying hedging relationships (dollar amounts in thousands):



Interest Rate Swap	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Number of Instruments	1		2
Notional Amount	$	50,850	$	78,949

Litigation and Other Non-Routine Costs

Litigation and other non-routine costs, net of insurance recoveries include the following costs (amounts in thousands):



	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017		2018			2017
Litigation and other non-routine costs:
Audit Committee Investigation and related matters ⁽¹⁾	$	13,009		$	9,476	$	51,969		$	36,501
Legal fees and expenses ⁽²⁾	386			31		521			292
Litigation settlements ⁽³⁾	127,500			—		217,500			—
Total costs	140,895			9,507		269,990			36,793
Insurance recoveries ⁽⁴⁾	(2,300		)	—		(2,568		)	—
Total	$	138,595		$	9,507	$	267,422		$	36,793

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(1)

Includes all fees and costs associated with various litigations and investigations prompted by the results of the 2014 investigation conducted by the audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Company’s board of directors (the “Audit Committee Investigation”), including fees and costs incurred pursuant to the Company’s advancement obligations, litigation related thereto and in connection with related insurance recovery matters.


(2)	Includes legal fees and expenses associated with litigation resulting from prior mergers and related insurance recovery matters and excludes amounts presented in income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes in the consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.


(3)	Refer to Note 12 – Commitments and Contingencies for additional information.


(4)	$2.3 million relates to litigation resulting from prior mergers.