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Other Expense, Net (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Other Expense, Net [Abstract] |
Components of Other (Income) Expense | The components of other (income) expense are as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31
| 2014 |  | 2013
Class action lawsuit settlement (a) | $ | 17,600 |  |  | $ | — |
Integration-related costs (b) | 4,096 |  |  | — |
DeRidder restructuring (c) | 1,101 |  |  | — |
Asset disposals and write-offs | 1,260 |  |  | 2,779 |
Other | (75 | ) |  | 1,182 |
Total | $ | 23,982 |  |  | $ | 3,961 |
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(a) | The three months ended March 31, 2014, includes $17.6 million of costs accrued for the settlement of the Kleen Products LLC v Packaging Corp. of America et al class action lawsuit. See Note 18, Commitments, Guarantees, Indemnifications and Legal Proceedings, for more information.
(b) | The three months ended March 31, 2014, includes Boise acquisition integration-related costs, primarily for employee severance, professional fees, and other costs.
(c) | Costs relate primarily to our plans to convert the Number 3 newsprint machine at our DeRidder, Louisiana, mill to produce lightweight linerboard and corrugating medium and exit the newsprint business in mid-September 2014.

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