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Other Events (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
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Other Events [Text Block] | 21. Other Events On January 18, 2017, the Company announced that it reached a final settlement agreement with the Philadelphia Regional Office of the SEC in connection with its prior investigation of the Company, and that the SEC entered an administrative Order concluding its investigation of the Company. Pursuant to the Order, and based upon the Company’s full cooperation with the investigation, the SEC imposed a civil penalty of $1,500 on the Company to resolve all potential claims against the Company relating to these matters. There will be no restatement of any of the Company’s previously-filed financial statements. In connection with the investigation, Miles Nadal resigned from his position as CEO and as a Director of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective July 20, 2015, and agreed to repay to the Company specified expenses paid by the Company on his behalf and prior cash bonus awards. Specifically, as of December 31, 2015, Mr. Nadal repaid to the Company an aggregate amount equal to $11,285 in respect of perquisites and improper payments identified by the Special Committee. The Company recorded this amount as a reduction of office and general expenses in 2015. In addition, Mr. Nadal agreed to repay to the Company $10,582 in connection with amounts required to be repaid pursuant to cash bonus awards previously paid to Mr. Nadal, with such repayments to be made in five installments, with the last to be paid on December 31, 2017. Mr. Nadal repaid to the Company the first installment of $1,000 in September 2015, the second installment of $1,500 in December 2015, and an additional payment of $2,000 in December 2016. An additional $6,082 is due in 2017. In 2015, the Company recorded a charge of approximately $5,338 for the balance of prior cash bonus award amounts that will not be recovered. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company has incurred $4,065 of professional expenses and $1,500 of civil penalty payments relating to the prior SEC investigation, which were offset by $5,919 of proceeds from the Company’s D&O insurance policy.

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