Katz Oracle Settlement Payout Date: $37.42 Each, September 21 to December 7, 2026
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Yes, the Oracle privacy settlement is paying. The katz oracle settlement payout date window opened on September 21, 2026 and is scheduled to close by December 7, 2026. The katz oracle settlement amount is $37.42 per valid claim — the same for everyone. Only people who filed a claim by October 17, 2024 get money. This page covers the payout only; the case itself is explained on our Katz v. Oracle settlement page.
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The Katz Oracle Settlement Payout in One Minute
Is it paying? Yes. As of October 2026, payments from the $115 million fund in Katz-Lacabe v. Oracle America, Inc. are going out.
When? The official settlement website, as quoted by Political.org, says payments “will begin to be sent to valid claimants on September 21, 2026 and should be completed by December 7, 2026.” It is a rolling distribution, so a neighbor being paid before you does not mean your claim failed.
How much? $37.42 per valid claim. That figure was announced by the settlement administrator after attorneys' fees and administrative costs came out of the fund. It is a paid amount, not an estimate.
How? By the method you chose on your claim form: Zelle, Venmo, ACH bank transfer, a virtual prepaid card or a paper check.
Case Details
The payout is being run under Katz-Lacabe et al. v. Oracle America, Inc., No. 3:22-cv-04792-RS in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, before Chief Judge Richard Seeborg, who granted final approval on November 15, 2024. An objector's appeal, No. 24-7648, held the money for more than a year. The Ninth Circuit affirmed on February 13, 2026, and according to the settlement website as reported by Political.org, the appeals were fully resolved on June 22, 2026, which triggered the settlement's Effective Date and started the payment clock. The administrator is Angeion Group. Official site: KatzPrivacySettlement.com.
Katz Oracle Settlement Update: Paying Out, October 2026
No new claims. The claim deadline was October 17, 2024. If you did not file by then, there is no katz oracle settlement payout coming to you, and no form can fix that now.
Who Gets Paid Automatically, Who Does Not
Paid automatically: everyone who submitted a valid claim by October 17, 2024. You do not need to re-apply, confirm or “activate” anything. The Hill reports that claimants should already have received an email saying their payment is on the way.
Not paid: class members who never filed. In this settlement, being in the class was not enough — money goes only to people with a valid claim.
To check your status: find the confirmation email from your claim. Per the official site, it contains your Submitted Claim ID and Confirmation Code. Use them with the contact form on KatzPrivacySettlement.com, or call the administrator at 1-888-255-4036, the number in Angeion's 2024 notice. Search your spam folder for the email too — payment notices for electronic methods often land there.
How Much: Paid Amount vs. Estimates
Where the rest of the $115 million went: Class Counsel asked for up to 25% of the fund ($28.75 million) in fees, up to $225,000 in expenses and $10,000 for each of the two class representatives ($20,000 total), with administration costs also deducted before the pro rata split. We have not seen the final fee order, so those are the requested amounts, not confirmed deductions.
Estimates: any second-round amount is unknown. It depends on how much from the first round bounces back, and no figure has been announced. For other settlements, our payout calculator shows how fund size and claim counts drive the per-person number.
How cases like this one end
Our copy of the federal courts’ own case database covers 83,315 other statutory actions casesclosed in U.S. federal district courts between 2015 and 2026, 11.8% of them filed as class actions:
- 25.6% ended in a settlement recorded by the court. Another 22.4% were dismissed voluntarily, which often follows a private settlement — so the real settlement share sits between 25.6% and 47.9%.
- 7.4% were decided on a motion before any trial.
- 1 in 156 reached a trial (0.6%), after a median of 21.8 months.
- Median time from filing to the end of the case: 4.9 months.
- Only 1,756 of them (2.1%) record a money award at all; the median of those is $199,500.
These are base rates for this type of case (federal other statutory actions cases) — not a prediction about this lawsuit, and not legal advice. Source: Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (civil), analysed by Settlement Insight. Cases heard in state courts are not included.
Katz Oracle Settlement Payout Timeline
- 1
October 17, 2024 — Claim Deadline
Last day to submit a claim. Only claims filed by this date are being paid.
- 2
November 15, 2024 — Final Approval
Chief Judge Richard Seeborg approves the $115 million settlement. An objector appeals, which freezes payment.
- 3
February 13, 2026 — Ninth Circuit Affirms
In No. 24-7648, the appeals court upholds the settlement and the equal-payment allocation.
- 4
June 22, 2026 — Effective Date
According to the settlement website as reported by Political.org, the appeals are fully resolved, triggering the Effective Date.
- 5
September 21, 2026 — Payments Begin
First payments of $37.42 go out by Zelle, Venmo, ACH, virtual prepaid card and paper check.
- 6
December 7, 2026 — Scheduled End of First Round
Distribution is scheduled to be complete. A smaller second round for undeliverable funds is reported as expected in December; no confirmed date.
Is That Oracle Payment Email Real?
Anyone waiting on a $37.42 payment is an easy target. What to check:
“Confirm your Claim ID by phone”
The official site tells claimants not to share their Claim ID or Confirmation Code and says: “We will never call you for this information.” Any caller asking for it is not the administrator.
“Pay a fee to release your $37.42”
The fees and costs were taken out of the fund before the $37.42 was set. A legitimate payment never asks you to pay a processing, tax or transfer fee first.
Payout links from look-alike domains
The official website is KatzPrivacySettlement.com. Do not click a payout link from any other domain; type that address into your browser yourself. If you never filed a claim by October 17, 2024, an email saying you are being paid is not real.
Katz Oracle Settlement Payout — Questions People Ask
What is the katz oracle settlement payout date?
Payments started September 21, 2026 and are scheduled to be completed by December 7, 2026. They go out on a rolling basis during that window, so there is no single day everyone is paid.
What is the estimated amount of the Katz privacy settlement payment?
It is no longer an estimate. The administrator set the katz oracle settlement amount at $37.42 per valid claim, the same for every claimant.
How will I be paid?
By the method you selected when you filed: Zelle, Venmo, ACH bank transfer, virtual prepaid card or paper check. Political.org reports that payment methods can no longer be changed, but claimants whose original method fails will get a chance to pick an alternative.
I filed a claim but haven't been paid. What should I do?
Payments roll out between September 21 and December 7, 2026, so a payment that has not arrived yet is not necessarily a problem. Check your spam folder for a message from the administrator. If the scheduled completion date of December 7, 2026 has passed without payment, contact the administrator through KatzPrivacySettlement.com or at 1-888-255-4036 with your Claim ID ready.
Can I still file a claim?
No. The deadline was October 17, 2024. Nobody who missed it can be added now.
Will there be a second payment?
Possibly. Political.org reports a smaller second round is expected in December for funds that could not be delivered. No amount and no confirmed date have been published that we could verify. Watch the official site.
When to expect a settlement payment in general?
For this case: between September 21 and December 7, 2026. In general, payment starts only after final approval and the end of any appeals — here that took from November 15, 2024 to June 22, 2026. For other cases, see our list of open settlements.
What is the average payout per person in a class action lawsuit?
There is no single average; it depends on fund size, fees and how many people claim. This page only answers the Oracle case, where the figure is $37.42. To estimate another case, use our settlement payout calculator.
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Class-action payouts are fixed amounts through an administrator. A personal injury claim is a different case — and often worth far more. Free estimate, no obligation.
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