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Legal Proceedings, Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Litigation Settlement | The litigation settlements are summarized as follows (in thousands):
|  | Amount |
Class action settlement in 2015 |  | $ | 20,000 |
Derivative settlement in 2015 |  |  | 5,000 |
Shareholders securities litigation settlements in 2016 |  |  | 1,800 |
SEC settlement in 2016 |  |  | 950 |
Total settlements |  | $ | 27,750 |
Payable by the Company in cash as of December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 950 |
Paid by the insurance carriers in 2016 |  |  | 21,700 |
Paid by the Company in cash in 2016 |  |  | 2,450 |
Paid by the Company in common stock in 2016 |  |  | 2,650 |
Total settlements |  | $ | 27,750 |
Schedule of Contractual Obligations and Future Cash Payments | The Company’s contractual obligations that may require future cash payments as of December 31, 2016 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Operating Leases(1) |  |  | Non- Cancelable Employment Agreements(2) |  |  | Subtotal |  |  | Cancelable License Agreements(3) |  |  | Total |
2017 |  | $ | 241 |  |  | $ | 1,601 |  |  | $ | 1,842 |  |  | $ | 1,391 |  |  | $ | 3,233 |
2018 |  |  | 246 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 246 |  |  |  | 350 |  |  |  | 596 |
2019 |  |  | 251 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 251 |  |  |  | 350 |  |  |  | 601 |
2020 |  |  | 236 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 236 |  |  |  | 7,350 |  |  |  | 7,586 |
2021 and thereafter |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8,815 |  |  |  | 8,815 |
Total |  | $ | 974 |  |  | $ | 1,601 |  |  | $ | 2,575 |  |  | $ | 18,256 |  |  | $ | 20,831 |
(1) | Operating leases are primarily facility and equipment related obligations with third party vendors. Operating lease expenses during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014 were approximately $291,000, $116,000 and $72,000, respectively.
(2) | Employment agreement obligations include management contracts, as well as scientific advisory board member compensation agreements. Certain agreements, which have been revised from time to time, provide for minimum salary levels, adjusted annually at the discretion of the Compensation Committee, as well as for minimum bonuses that are payable.
(3) | License agreements generally relate to the company’s obligations with The Board of Regents, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for our oncology therapies and the obligations with Biovascular Inc. and Mills Pharma for our GALE-401 asset. The company continually assesses the progress of its licensed technology and the progress of its research and development efforts as it relates to its licensed technology and may terminate with notice to the licensor at any time. In the event these licenses are terminated, no amounts will be due.

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