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Note 14 OTHER LIABILITIES (Detail) - (Table 1) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Accrued expenses (1) $ 44,718 [1] $ 53,516 [1]
Payable to servicing and subservicing investors (2) 31,470 [2] 28,824 [2]
Checks held for escheat 22,974 24,687
Derivatives, at fair value (3) 15,556 [3] 20,276 [3]
Liability for selected tax items 4,607 4,524
Accrued interest payable 2,497 4,140
Other 11,287 8,746
159,816 158,649
Servicing liabilities (5) 8,744 [4] 9,662 [4]
Affiliated Entity H [Member]
    
Payable to 12,384 [5]    [5]
Affiliated Entity A [Member]
    
Payable to $ 5,579 [5] $ 4,274 [5]
[1] As disclosed in Note 3, accrued expenses include lease termination liabilities of $9,463 and $5,287 at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, related to our closure of Litton and HomEq facilities. Accrued expenses also include accruals for litigation of $5,127 and $5,550 at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.
[2] The balance represents amounts due to investors in connection with loans we service under servicing and subservicing agreements.
[3] See Note 15 for additional information regarding derivatives.
[4] We recognize a servicing liability for those agreements that are not expected to compensate us adequately for performing the servicing. During the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, amortization of servicing liabilities exceeded the amount of charges we recognized to increase servicing liability obligations by $918 and $701, respectively. Amortization of mortgage servicing rights is reported net of this amount in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
[5] See Note 20 for additional information regarding transactions with HLSS and Altisource.