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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES In consideration for certain technology, manufacturing, distribution, and selling rights and licenses granted to the Company, the Company has agreed to pay royalties on sales of certain products that it sells. The royalty payments that the Company made under these agreements were not significant for any of the periods presented. The Company is subject to various claims, lawsuits and proceedings in the ordinary course of the Company's business, including claims by current or former employees, distributors and competitors and with respect to its products and product liability claims, lawsuits and proceedings, some of which have been settled by the Company. In the opinion of management, such claims are either adequately covered by insurance or otherwise indemnified, or are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition. However, it is possible that the Company's results of operations, financial position and cash flows in a particular period could be materially affected by these contingencies. On June 6, 2012, the Company was contacted by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey regarding the activities of sales representatives in a single region within the Extremities Reconstruction division. The U.S. Attorney's Office was investigating the activities of three sales representatives, one of whom was a supervisor until terminated by the Company for failure to cooperate with this investigation. The activities at issue pertained to alleged improper billing of products for extremities indications. On August 12, 2014, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced that two former Integra sales representatives, one of whom was a supervisor, entered guilty pleas as a result of the investigation; those individuals were sentenced in January 2015. According to the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, these individuals acted without the awareness of the Company. The Company cooperated with the U.S. Attorney’s Office on a voluntary basis throughout the investigation and has reimbursed affected customers. The reimbursements were made in historical periods and were not material. The Company was not a subject or target of the investigation, and believes the investigation to now be concluded. The Company manufactures and sells certain extremities products internationally pursuant to a license agreement that the licensor had indicated it would terminate effective October 20, 2014 after the parties were unable to resolve disagreements under the license agreement. On October 17, 2014, the parties resolved their disagreements and extended the Company’s right to manufacture and sell these products through December 31, 2015. The Company accrues for loss contingencies when it is deemed probable that a loss has been incurred and that loss is estimable. The amounts accrued are based on the full amount of the estimated loss before considering insurance proceeds, and do not include an estimate for legal fees expected to be incurred in connection with the loss contingency. The Company consistently accrues legal fees expected to be incurred in connection with loss contingencies as those fees are incurred by outside counsel as a period cost.

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