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Legal Settlements and Loss Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Legal Settlements and Loss Contingencies
NOTE 9 – Legal settlements and loss contingencies:
In the third quarter of 2020, Teva recorded
expenses
 of $21 million in legal settlements and loss contingencies, compared to
 
expenses of 
 $468 million in the third quarter of 2019. The expense in the third quarter of 2020 was mainly due to
 
settling in part antitrust claims challenging a patent settlement agreement
, partially offset by proceeds received following a settlement of an action brought against the sellers of Auden McKenzie (an acquisition made by Actavis Generics). The expense in the third quarter of 2019 was mainly related to an increase in the estimated settlement provision recorded in connection with the opioid cases.
In the first nine months of 2020, Teva recorded
expenses
 of $10 million in legal settlements and loss contingencies, compared to
 
expenses of 
$1,171 million in the first nine months of 2019. The expense in the first nine months of 2020 was mainly related to an increase of a reserve for certain legal expenses and settlement contributions related to product liability claims in the United States and partially settling antitrust claims challenging a patent settlement agreement, partially offset by proceeds received following a settlement of the FCPA derivative proceedings in Israel and settlement of an action brought against the sellers of Auden McKenzie (an acquisition made by Actavis Generics).The expense in the first nine months of 2019 was mainly related to an estimated settlement provision recorded in connection with the opioid cases.
As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, Teva’s provision for legal settlements and loss contingencies recorded under accrued expenses
and other taxes and long-term liabilities
 
was $1,624 million and $1,580 million, respectively.