Restructuring and other

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and other includes charges or expenses attributable to: (i) employee severance; (ii) management restructuring and related costs; (iii) restructuring and integration; (iv) cost savings initiatives; (v) major litigation; and (vi) acquisition related and other unusual items. The following table summarizes pre-tax restructuring and other costs for the periods presented:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
Employee severance⁽¹⁾	$	9	$	37	$	10
Acquisition-related costs⁽²⁾	—		8		21
Contingent acquisition consideration⁽³⁾	2		29		—
Legal and related	—		152		—
Restructuring, integration and other	17		27		15
Total	$	28	$	253	$	46
(1) Including employee severance and termination costs associated with restructuring activities. (2) Years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, include $8 million and $15 million related to NYX acquisition, respectively. (3) Represents contingent consideration fair value adjustment (see Note 16).

In April 2015, Shuffle Tech International, LLC, Aces Up Gaming, Inc. and Poydras-Talrick Holdings LLC brought a civil action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against us claiming that we used certain shuffler patents in a predatory manner to create and maintain a monopoly in the relevant shuffler market. During the second half of 2018, the jury awarded plaintiffs $105 million in compensatory damages, which was subject to trebling, as well as attorneys’ fees and costs. During the fourth quarter of 2018, we reached a settlement in the Shuffle Tech matter and paid the plaintiffs $152 million.