Non-Cash Litigation Settlement Due in Shares of Common Stock	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Non-Cash Litigation Settlement Due in Shares of Common Stock [Abstract]
Non-Cash Litigation Settlement Due in Shares of Common Stock	5. Non-Cash Litigation Settlement Due in Shares of Common Stock On January 5, 2016, we announced that we had reached an agreement to settle the consolidated stockholder derivative lawsuits, In Re CytRx Corporation Stockholder Derivative Litigation, then pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court, on appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Pursuant to the Stipulation of Settlement executed by the parties and filed with the Motion for Preliminary Approval, the parties reached an agreement on the amount of a proposed award of attorneys' fees and costs to the plaintiffs' counsel whereby we shall issue to plaintiffs' counsel the equivalent number of shares of our common stock of $700,000 worth of shares at the prevailing stock price at the time of the Court's final approval of the settlement agreement, but not less than a minimum of 186,666 shares and not more than a maximum of 280,000 shares. In accordance with ASC 480, "Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity," we have classified the $0.7 million worth of shares of the common stock as a liability included in the litigation settlement due in shares of common stock in the March 31, 2016 balance sheet, due to the variable number of shares that will be issued upon the Court's final approval of the settlement agreement. The settlement and award of attorneys' fees and expenses are subject to definitive documentation, notice to stockholders, and District Court approval. A hearing on the Motion for Preliminary Approval is scheduled for May 9, 2016. On May 5, 2016, the Court took the scheduled May 9 hearing off the calendar and indicated that it will issue such further order as appropriate. On May 6, 2016, the plaintiffs in the Niedermayer action in the Delaware Court of Chancery filed in the California derivative action a motion to intervene and stay consideration of preliminary approval or deny preliminary approval of the settlement and dismiss the action in favor of the Delaware proceedings, setting a hearing date for such motion of June 6, 2016. On December 10, 2015, we announced that we had reached an agreement to settle the Federal Class Action and filed a Stipulation of Settlement with the Court. As part of the settlement agreement, we will issue the equivalent number of shares of our common stock to the class of a non-cash amount of $4,500,000 worth at the prevailing stock price at the time of the Court's final approval of the settlement agreement, but not less than a minimum of 1,200,000 shares and not more than a maximum of 1,800,000 shares. In accordance with ASC 480, "Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity," we have classified the $4.5 million worth of shares of the common stock as a liability included in the litigation settlement due in shares of common stock in both the March 31, 2016 balance sheet and the December 31, 2015 balance sheet, due to the variable number of shares that will be issued upon the Court's final approval of the settlement agreement.

5. Non-Cash Litigation Settlement Due in Shares of Common Stock

On January 5, 2016, we announced that we had reached an agreement to settle the consolidated stockholder derivative lawsuits, In Re CytRx Corporation Stockholder Derivative Litigation, then pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court, on appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Pursuant to the Stipulation of Settlement executed by the parties and filed with the Motion for Preliminary Approval, the parties reached an agreement on the amount of a proposed award of attorneys' fees and costs to the plaintiffs' counsel whereby we shall issue to plaintiffs' counsel the equivalent number of shares of our common stock of $700,000 worth of shares at the prevailing stock price at the time of the Court's final approval of the settlement agreement, but not less than a minimum of 186,666 shares and not more than a maximum of 280,000 shares. In accordance with ASC 480, "Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity," we have classified the $0.7 million worth of shares of the common stock as a liability included in the litigation settlement due in shares of common stock in the March 31, 2016 balance sheet, due to the variable number of shares that will be issued upon the Court's final approval of the settlement agreement.

The settlement and award of attorneys' fees and expenses are subject to definitive documentation, notice to stockholders, and District Court approval. A hearing on the Motion for Preliminary Approval is scheduled for May 9, 2016. On May 5, 2016, the Court took the scheduled May 9 hearing off the calendar and indicated that it will issue such further order as appropriate. On May 6, 2016, the plaintiffs in the Niedermayer action in the Delaware Court of Chancery filed in the California derivative action a motion to intervene and stay consideration of preliminary approval or deny preliminary approval of the settlement and dismiss the action in favor of the Delaware proceedings, setting a hearing date for such motion of June 6, 2016.

On December 10, 2015, we announced that we had reached an agreement to settle the Federal Class Action and filed a Stipulation of Settlement with the Court. As part of the settlement agreement, we will issue the equivalent number of shares of our common stock to the class of a non-cash amount of $4,500,000 worth at the prevailing stock price at the time of the Court's final approval of the settlement agreement, but not less than a minimum of 1,200,000 shares and not more than a maximum of 1,800,000 shares. In accordance with ASC 480, "Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity," we have classified the $4.5 million worth of shares of the common stock as a liability included in the litigation settlement due in shares of common stock in both the March 31, 2016 balance sheet and the December 31, 2015 balance sheet, due to the variable number of shares that will be issued upon the Court's final approval of the settlement agreement.