As per Q3 quarterly report: “The Teradata litigation claims had been pending in the U.S. federal court since 2018 when Teradata Corporation, Teradata US, Inc.
and Teradata Operations, Inc. (collectively “Teradata”) filed a civil lawsuit against SAP SE, SAP America, Inc. and SAP Labs, LLC. A
provision of €387 million for a potential settlement amount and related legal fees had been recognized as of December 31, 2025.
End of February 2026, SAP and Teradata settled the legal dispute and agreed to withdraw all pending lawsuits. As a result of the settlement, an additional expense of €29 million (Q1 2025: €0 million) was recorded. SAP paid the full settlement amount of US$480 million (€408 million) in March 2026.”
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@kg The o9 case looks pretty open and shut to me. They didn't even try and hide what they were doing. Whoever was the person hiring/dealing with them on the SAP side f'ed up in an unbelievable way and should face the consequences. Instead they will get another 7 figure bonus and we will pay for it in salary stagnation.
Discovery happening soon: https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/61446549/o9_Solutions_Inc_v_SAP_SE_et_al
@b8 right, but you don't agree to pay €408 million if you are innocent.
Several cases are scheduled that will require settlement payments. The O9 case appears particularly challenging due to the framing of the evidence. Taking proprietary information and coordinating the theft of sensitive data are especially damaging. I expect they will receive a fairly substantial sum to settle.
When the Supreme Court denies the petition there is nothing more SAP can do than pay the settlement amount. (https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/sap-se-v-teradata-corporation/)
and the next case is coming up for decisions someday ... https://courtdocket.org/celonis-vs-sap-lawsuit-antitrust-patents-and-eu-probe/
Sertlements are settlements, there id usually no admission.
Yes. And the money won't be taken from the executive bonus. It will be taken from the budget of employee salary increments for 2027. That's one of the many reasons the employee salary increment budget is so low this time. Also AI spend it bringing down the employee salary increment budget. Additional share buybacks is bringing down the employee salary increment budget.