In January 2018, a judge in a trade secrets case brought by Perceptron granted the defendants’ motions for recovery of their attorney fees (see Note 18, “Commitments and Contingencies” for further discussion relating to this matter). A charge in the amount of $675,000 was recorded as a liability in the second quarter of fiscal 2018. We appealed this court decision. In January 2019, we settled with the defendants and ended our appeal in return for a net payment due to them in the amount of $66,000. As a result, in the second quarter of fiscal 2019, we adjusted our accrual.

In the first three months of fiscal 2020 we completed the payments on the amounts accrued as part of the reduction in force in the U.S. during fiscal 2019. We have no severance, impairment or other charges expense in the first quarter ended September 30, 2019, and no liability recorded at September 30, 2019.

The following table reconciles the activity for the Reserves for Restructuring and Other Charges (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018
Beginning Balance at July 1,	$	44		$	675
Accruals / Adjustments - Court Award		-			-
Payments		(44	)		-
Ending Balance at September 30,	$	-		$	675