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The amount of additional deposit made with the Customs Tribunal in connection with the product order.

No definition available.

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The amount of additional deposit made with the Commissioner of Customs in connection with the products-related show cause notice.

No definition available.

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Represents amount deposited under the products and parts show cause notices.

No definition available.

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Bid And Contract Term

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Discontinued Operations, Indemnification Threshold Amount

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The aggregate amount of duties and penalties that the Commissioner of Customs is seeking to have HP India and the other named individuals pay under the products and parts show cause notices.

No definition available.

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The length of sanctions that the entity is suspended from bidding and contracting based upon a preliminary ruling issued by the intermediate appellate court.

No definition available.

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Litigation Settlement, Daily Interest Accrual

No definition available.

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Loss Contingency, ADEA Complaint, Age of Terminated Employee

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The amount deposited by the entity to prevent interruption of business.

No definition available.

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The number of contracts related to alleged improprieties.

No definition available.

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Number Of Phases

No definition available.

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The number of the subsidiary of the former Parent's employees alleging the entity underpaid customs duties related to the proceedings.

No definition available.

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Number of Former Subsidiary Employees Related to Alleged Underpaid Customs Duties Proceedings

No definition available.

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Amount awarded from other party in judgment or settlement of litigation.

No definition available.

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Amount awarded to other party in judgment or settlement of litigation.

No definition available.

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Interest expense (income) directly attributable to an award in settlement of litigation.

No definition available.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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The value (monetary amount) of the award the plaintiff seeks in the legal matter.

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Number of plaintiffs that have filed claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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