RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

16. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

A director of the Company was a partner in a law firm (the director resigned from the law firm effective July 10, 2011) that serves as counsel to the Company. Expenses incurred in connection with services rendered by such firm to the Company during the three-months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were $0.5 million and $1.1 million, respectively. Expenses incurred in connection with services rendered by such firm to the Company during the nine-months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were $3.8 million and $3.6 million, respectively.

Two directors and officers of the Company and their families are principal owners of a company that provides promotional materials to the Company. Expenses incurred with such company in connection with promotional materials purchased during the three-months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively.  Expenses incurred with such company in connection with promotional materials purchased during the nine-months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were $0.8 million and $0.5 million, respectively.