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Other Expense
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Other Cost and Expense Disclosure, Operating [Abstract]  
Other Expense
Other Expense

Other expense consists of the following:
 

Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2012
 
2013



 


Administrative consolidation costs
$
273

 
$
1,604

Costs associated with legal arbitration and patent dispute
1,011

 
209

Costs associated with purchase of a distributor
704

 




 


Other expense
$
1,988

 
$
1,813



During 2012 and 2013, we restructured certain administrative functions. For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2013, we incurred $0.3 million and $1.6 million, respectively, in related costs consisting principally of severance charges.
 
During 2012, we incurred legal costs related to a contractual dispute with a former distributor. The dispute was resolved in the second quarter of 2012. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we incurred costs totaling $1.0 million.

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, we incurred $0.7 million in costs associated with the purchase of the Company's former distributor in the Nordic region of Europe.

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we incurred $0.2 million in legal costs associated with a patent infringement claim as further described in Note 12.