Employee Severance, Litigation, and Other (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Employee severance, litigation, and other charge

The following table illustrates the charges incurred by the Company relating to Employee Severance, Litigation, and Other:

	Three months ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2017		2016
Employee severance and other costs	$	23,068	$	4,532
Deal-related transaction costs	4,144		534
Litigation costs	2,809		16,000
Total employee severance, litigation, and other	$	30,021	$	21,066