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Significant Accounting Policies Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Significant Accounting Policies
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a) Changes to Significant Accounting Policies

We have made no changes to our significant accounting policies as reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, except for the standards adopted in 2019 as noted below.

(b) Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (ASU 2016-02). This update is intended to replace existing lease guidance by requiring a lessee to recognize substantially all leases (whether operating or finance leases) on the balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and an associated lease liability. Short-term leases of 12 months or less are excluded from this standard. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. We adopted this standard as of January 1, 2019 using a modified retrospective approach, which allowed us to initially apply the new lease standard at the adoption date and recognize a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings for 2019, with no adjustment to prior periods presented. The cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings was zero. The adoption of the standard resulted in the recognition of a right-of-use asset of $482,000 at January 1, 2019, which was recorded within Other Assets on our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and a corresponding lease liability of $482,000 at January 1, 2019 for our operating leases. Additionally, we elected the practical expedients that permit the exclusion of leases considered to be short-term and with value that falls under our capitalization threshold. We also elected the practical expedient of not segregating lease and nonlease components for the leases on our office equipment.

(c) Pending Accounting Pronouncements

We have evaluated recent accounting pronouncements that have had or may have a significant effect on our financial statements or on our disclosures.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (ASU 2018-13). This update modifies the existing disclosure requirements on fair value measurements in Topic 820 by changing requirements regarding Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 investments. ASU 2018-13 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. Entities are permitted to early adopt any removed or modified disclosures of ASU 2018-13 immediately and delay the adoption of the additional disclosures until their effective date. We have early adopted the guidance on removed and modified disclosures. We do not intend to early adopt the additional disclosures and are assessing the impact of retrospectively adopting the additions from this new accounting standard on our fair value disclosures.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment (ASU 2017-04). This update simplifies the manner in which an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. ASU 2017-07 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted for certain requirements. We do not intend to early adopt and are assessing the impact of prospectively adopting this new accounting standard on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. Any impact of the standard on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures will be dependent on market conditions of the reporting units at the time of adoption.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments- Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of
Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13). This update is intended to replace the incurred loss impairment
methodology in current GAAP with a method that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range
of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 will provide users with more useful
information regarding the expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit held by a
reporting entity at each reporting date. In addition, credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities will now have to be
presented as an allowance rather than as a write-down. ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted for certain requirements. We do not
intend to early adopt and are assessing the impact of adopting this new accounting standard on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.