Sunrise Firefighters' Class Action Settles

On June 3, 2022 all of the parties in the Sunrise Firefighters' security class action suit against Oracle filed a notice with the court announcing that they had reached a settlement. The parties also asked Judge Freeman to vacate the Case Scheduling Order in light of the settlement. Previously we predicted that a settlement might be imminent since the court did certify the class. Once the class was certified Oracle faced significant risk that discovery might bring to the light of day certain of Oracle's predatory audit practices taken from its Audit, Bargain, Close ("ABC") Playbook. The threat of imminent and extensive discovery must have put significant settlement pressure on Oracle. Now that settlement has come to pass and the parties are preparing settlement documents for the court's approval, what does this potentially mean for Oracle customers?