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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2020 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2020 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Jan. 01, 2020
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Effective income tax rate | 24.50% | 26.90% | 24.10% | 22.20% |
Increase (decrease) in provision for income tax related to change in enacted tax law |  |  |  | $ 4,000,000 |
Tax expense (benefit) from employee share-based payments | $ 3,000,000 |  | $ 4,000,000 | (12,000,000) |
Increase (decrease) in provision for income tax related to non-deductible DOJ reserve |  | $ 6,000,000 |  |  |
Provisional deferred tax - GILTI |  |  | $ 0 |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000,000
Impact of unrecognized tax benefits if recognized |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000,000
Period of expiration of the statute of limitations for certain jurisdictions |  |  | within the next twelve months |  |
Jurisdictions statutes of limitations expiration period |  |  | 12 months |  |
Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Provisional deferred tax - GILTI |  |  |  | $ 1,000,000 |
Accrued interest and penalties | $ 1,000,000 |  | $ 1,000,000 |  |
Foreign and U.S. state and local jurisdictions have statutes of limitations, in years |  |  | 4 years |  |
Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Foreign and U.S. state and local jurisdictions have statutes of limitations, in years |  |  | 3 years |  |

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