Integration, Restructuring and Other Charges

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Integration, Restructuring and Other Charges

Integration, Restructuring and Other Charges

2.   Integration, Restructuring and Other Charges

The Company accounts for expenses associated with exit or disposal activities in accordance with ASC 420, Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations, and records the expenses in Integration, restructuring and other charges in its statement of operations, and records the related accrual in the Accrued expenses line of its balance sheet.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012, the Company incurred expenses related to restructuring, integration and other activities. A summary of these expenses is as follows:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012
Legal fees	$	4,417	$	1,035
Severance and employee related costs	1,427		341
Expenses related to facility closure	564		—
Professional fees	412		368
Total	$	6,820	$	1,744

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company incurred other charges of $4.4 million relating primarily to legal fees for non-recurring patent litigation.  In addition, the Company incurred $1.4 million of severance and employee related costs due to restructuring and integration related activities, $0.6 million of asset impairment charges related to the closure of a small monitoring center located in Michigan and $0.4 million of professional fees related to corporate restructuring activities.