Class Action
Katz-Lacabe v. Oracle
Katz-Lacabe v. Oracle America, Inc.
Where it stands
Chief Judge Richard Seeborg granted final approval of a $115 million settlement in November 2024. A Ninth Circuit panel affirmed on February 13, 2026, rejecting an objector's challenge to the equal-share allocation plan and holding the district judge did not abuse his discretion. Payments to claimants were reported as beginning in September 2026.
Key ruling
The Ninth Circuit's February 13, 2026 unpublished decision affirming final approval, holding the district court did not abuse its discretion in approving a plan distributing settlement funds equally among all claimants.
Note on this record
Class counsel firms were not identified in the sources reviewed.The record
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (settlement affirmed by the Ninth Circuit)
- Case number
- 3:22-cv-04792-RS (N.D. Cal.); No. 24-7648 (9th Cir.)
- Filed
- Filing date not established
- Defendants
- Oracle America, Inc. · Oracle Corporation
- Plaintiffs
- All U.S. residents whose personal information was collected by Oracle, or made available for use or sale through Oracle's advertising platforms, after August 19, 2018.
- Technology at issue
- Oracle Advertising / Data Cloud — third-party cookies, device identifiers, embedded widgets and purchased broker data assembled into consumer profiles
- Relief sought
- Damages and injunctive relief for interception and commercialization of web browsing and offline activity; complaint pleaded federal Wiretap Act and California Invasion of Privacy Act claims, the latter carrying $5,000-per-violation statutory damages.
- Settlement
- $115,000,000
Claims pleaded
Sources (3)
- Appeals Court Endorses Oracle Privacy SettlementMediaPost / MediaDailyNews · 2026-02
- Katz-Lacabe v. Oracle America, Inc., 3:22-cv-04792 — docketCourtListener / Free Law Project
- Oracle reaches $115 million consumer privacy settlementReuters (via AOL) · 2024
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