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Severance and Other Charges | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block] | 6. Severance and Other Charges Severance and other charges consist of the following (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013
Employee severance expense | $ | 46 |  | $ | 11
Lease exit costs |  | 43 |  |  | ─
Legal settlements |  | 265 |  |  | ─
Total severance and other charges | $ | 354 |  | $ | 11
Severance and Other Exit Costs The Company incurred severance costs in 2014 related to its North American and United Kingdom locations. The Company incurred additional lease exit costs related to the exit of a lease in North America in 2013. The following summarizes the activity in the Company’s accrual for severance and other exit costs (in thousands):
|  | Severance |  |  | Lease Exit Costs |  |  | Total
Accrual at December 31, 2013 | $ | 530 |  | $ | ─ |  | $ | 530
Provision in 2014 |  | 46 |  |  | 43 |  |  | 89
Payments and other settlements in 2014 |  | (222) |  |  | (23) |  |  | (245)
Translation adjustment |  | (3) |  |  | ─ |  |  | (3)
Accrual at March 31, 2014 | $ | 351 |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | 371
The Company expects to pay substantially all of the accrued amounts during the remainder of 2014. Legal Settlements On March 13, 2014, the Company reached a settlement with its former chief financial officer pursuant to an administrative complaint that was filed in 2010 which provides for a one-time lump sum amount of $0.4 million and the issuance of 75,000 shares of Company common stock. The accrued balance of $0.7 million at March 31, 2014 includes the lump sum amount, the market value of the common stock on the balance sheet date and related accrued legal expenses. In the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company recorded an additional $0.2 million primarily related to the increase in fair value of its common stock. The settlement was paid and stock issued in April 2014. In the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company also incurred $0.1 million related to the settlement of a customer dispute.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 5 -Section P -Subsection 3, 4 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 + Details
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