Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded From Other Party, Attorneys' Fees

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Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded From Other Party, Compensatory Damages

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Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded From Other Party, Cost

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Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded from Other Party, Pre-Judgement Interest

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Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded From Other Party, Punitive Damages

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in settlement of litigation and insurance claims. Excludes claims within an insurance entity's normal claims settlement process.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121557415&loc=d3e14326-108349

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Amount awarded from other party in judgment or settlement of litigation.

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Commitment and Contingencies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions				3 Months Ended
	Aug. 10, 2021	Jan. 08, 2021	Feb. 14, 2020	Apr. 02, 2022	Apr. 03, 2021	Oct. 15, 2021
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Compensatory damages			$ 345.8
Punitive damages			418.8
Total damages awarded		$ 543.7	$ 764.6
Pre-judgement interest amount	$ 51.1
Settlement cost	$ 2.6
Attorneys' fees						$ 34.2
Gain on litigation settlement				$ (11.0)	$ 0.0
Hytera Legal Settlement
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Gain on litigation settlement				$ 13.0	$ 0.0