Restructuring Liability (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

The activities related to the restructuring liability for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(in thousands)
Liability, beginning of the period	$	23,328		$	26,313
Cash payments	(3,573		)	(3,686		)
Cash received from subleases	2,665			2,486
Restructuring expense	39			360
Liability, end of the period	$	22,459		$	25,473

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period.

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