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Other Operating Losses, Net | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2017
Other Operating Losses, Net [Abstract] |
Other Operating Losses, Net | Note 12—Other Operating Losses, Net The following table summarizes the other operating losses, net by business segment:
Year ended July 31 (in thousands) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Corporate —loss related to legal settlement and mutual release |  | $ | (10,436 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Telecom Platform Services— loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment |  |  | — |  |  |  | (326 | ) |  |  | — |
Corporate—gain (losses) related to legal matters |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,552 | )
TOTAL |  | $ | (10,412 | ) |  | $ | (326 | ) |  | $ | (1,552 | )
Straight Path Communications Inc. Settlement and Mutual Release On July 31, 2013, the Company completed a pro rata distribution of the common stock of the Company’s subsidiary Straight Path Communications Inc. (“Straight Path”) to the Company’s stockholders of record as of the close of business on July 25, 2013 (the “Straight Path Spin-Off”). The Company entered into various agreements with Straight Path prior to the Straight Path Spin-Off including a Separation and Distribution Agreement to effect the separation and provide a framework for the Company’s relationship with Straight Path after the spin-off. On September 20, 2016, the Company received a letter of inquiry from the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) requesting certain information and materials related to an investigation of potential violations by Straight Path Spectrum LLC (formerly a subsidiary of the Company and currently a subsidiary of Straight Path) in connection with licenses to operate on the 28 GHz and 39 GHz bands of the Fixed Microwave Services. The Company has cooperated with the FCC in this matter and has responded to the letter of inquiry. If the FCC were to pursue separate action against the Company, the FCC could seek to fine or impose regulatory penalties or civil liability on the Company related to activities during the period of ownership by the Company. The Separation and Distribution Agreement provides for the Company and Straight Path to indemnify each other for certain liabilities. The Company and Straight Path each communicated that it was entitled to indemnification from the other in connection with the inquiry described above and related matters. On April 9, 2017, the Company and Straight Path entered into a binding term sheet that provides for, among other things, the settlement and mutual release of the potential indemnification claims asserted by each of the Company and Straight Path in connection with, among other things, liabilities (including but not limited to fines, fees or penalties) that may exist or arise relating to the subject matter of the investigation by the FCC. Pursuant to this term sheet, Straight Path will transfer to the Company or its affiliate, subsidiary, or assignee, Straight Path’s ownership interest in Straight Path IP Group, Inc. (“SPIP”), a subsidiary of Straight Path that holds intellectual property primarily related to communications over computer networks, for $6 million, the parties will provide mutual releases, and the Company will pay Straight Path $10 million and stockholders of Straight Path will receive 22% of the net proceeds, if any, received by SPIP from any license, transfer or assignment of any of the patent rights held by SPIP as of the effective date of transfer, or any settlement, award or judgment involving any of the patent rights (including any net proceeds received following the effective date of transfer) to be pursued under the terms of the term sheet. On April 10, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors and its Corporate Governance Committee approved the transfer by the Company of the ownership interest in SPIP to an entity to be organized by Howard S. Jonas in exchange for $6.0 million, which is the price to be paid by the Company to Straight Path for the ownership interest in SPIP. The new entity will assume the Company’s obligations to Straight Path and its stockholders with respect to the net proceeds, if any, related to the patents as described above. In April 2017, the Company recorded a liability of $10.0 million related to a legal settlement and mutual release. In addition, in fiscal 2017, the Company incurred legal fees of $0.9 million related to the FCC investigation and the settlement and mutual release, and the Company received insurance proceeds related to the FCC investigation of $0.5 million.

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