COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Legal Proceedings

The Company is involved in various legal proceedings that are incidental to the conduct of its business. Aside from the matters discussed below, the Company is not involved in any pending or threatened legal proceedings that it believes could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.

On or about October 12, 2015, TalentBin, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, was served with notice of a purported consumer class action for allegedly assembling, scoring and sharing candidate profiles in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (“ICRAA”). The lawsuit, entitled Eric Halvorson, et. al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated vs. TalentBin, Inc. (Case No. CGC 15 548270), was brought in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco. On or about November 2015, the action was removed to the United States District Court, Northern District of California (Case No. 3:15-cv-05166). The Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief, monetary damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, statutory penalties of between $100 and $1,000 per violation, punitive damages and other costs and attorney’s fees. On February 23, 2016, the ICRAA claims were dismissed voluntarily. The Company intends to vigorously defend this matter and is currently unable to estimate any potential losses.

In July 2016, Guyzar LLC filed suit against the Company for allegedly infringing their Patent No. 5845070 relating to methods for the authentification and preservation of confidential information usable for completing transactions with an internet entity. The lawsuit, entitled Guyzar LLC vs. Monster Worldwide, Inc. (Civil Action No. 2:16-cv-00813) was brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief, monetary damages, enhanced damages, pre and post judgment interest, attorney’s fees and other costs. The Company intends to vigorously defend this matter and is currently unable to estimate any potential losses.

Leases

The Company leases its facilities and a portion of its capital equipment under operating leases that expire at various dates. Some of the operating leases provide for increasing rents over the terms of the leases and total rent expense under these leases is recognized ratably over the initial renewal period of each lease. The following table presents future minimum lease commitments under non-cancelable operating leases and minimum rentals to be received under non-cancelable subleases at June 30, 2016, excluding discontinued operations:



	Operating Leases		Estimated Sublease Income
2016	$	16,425	$	2,113
2017	29,433		4,087
2018	26,762		3,979
2019	23,499		3,816
2020	19,787		3,816
Thereafter	42,386		900
	$	158,292	$	18,711