Company: VEEV
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001393052-25-000022
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Company: VEEVA SYSTEMS INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 motions for summary judgment on the trade secret claims and hearings on the motions were held on January 21 and January 28, 2025. No ruling has been issued. 

Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K73

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While it is not possible at this time to predict with any degree of certainty the ultimate outcome of these lawsuits, and we are unable to make a meaningful estimate of the amount or range of gain or loss, if any, that could result from them, we believe that we have substantial defenses against IQVIA’s claims, which we intend to vigorously contest, and that our counterclaims warrant injunctive relief and monetary damages for Veeva.Fee Arrangements Related to the IQVIA Litigation Matters. We have entered into partial contingency fee arrangements with certain law firms representing us in the IQVIA litigations. Pursuant to those arrangements, such law firms are entitled to an agreed portion of any damages we recover from IQVIA or may be entitled to payment of success fees from us based on the achievement of certain outcomes. We are unable to make an estimate of any liability we may have in connection with this arrangement and accordingly have not accrued any related liability at this time.Other Litigation MattersFrom time to time, we may be involved in other legal proceedings and subject to claims incident to the ordinary course of business. Although the results of such legal proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe we are not currently a party to any other legal proceedings, the outcome of which, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, cash flows, or financial position. Regardless of the outcome, such proceedings can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of resources, and other factors, and there can be no assurances that favorable outcomes will be obtained.

Note 15. Segment Information

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and assessing performance. We define the term “chief operating decision maker” to be our Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Our CEO reviews the financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating our financial performance. Accordingly, the Company operates as a single operating and reportable segment that is focused on providing industry cloud solutions tailored to the global life sciences industry.The CEO gauges the effectiveness of investment and resourcing decisions and trends in the overall