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Commitment and Contingencies | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Legal Matters and Contingencies | Legal MattersWe are party to certain legal proceedings relating to our former health care business, Avanos Medical, Inc. ("Avanos", previously Halyard Health, Inc.), as described in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, including consumer class actions, qui tam matters, a shareholder derivative suit, a securities class action and certain subpoena and document requests from the federal government. During the third quarter of 2020, in the California consumer class action Bahamas Surgery Center v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, et al., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the award against us for compensatory and punitive damages and decertified the class. The court denied the plaintiff’s subsequent appeal requesting a rehearing. The shareholder derivative suit and the securities class action have also been dismissed.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for legal proceedings, legal contingencies, litigation, regulatory and environmental matters and other contingencies. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 450 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2127136 + Details
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