May 11, 2023
A federal judge rejected Activision Blizzard's bid for sanctions on California's civil rights agency for what the company called improper efforts to interfere with its $18 million sex bias settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying the state enforcer isn't bound by that deal.
March 22, 2023
California's civil rights watchdog is interfering with an $18 million deal Activision Blizzard struck with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to end the agency's probe into workplace sexism allegations, the company told a federal judge.
June 01, 2022
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a press release Wednesday that Activision Blizzard employees who faced workplace sexism and retaliation can claim some of the $18 million the video game maker agreed to pay to end the agency's harassment suit.
May 18, 2022
A contentious battle between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and California's civil rights watchdog over their parallel bias investigations into Activision Blizzard marks a breakdown in the two agencies' typically harmonious relationship.
March 29, 2022
A California federal judge said Tuesday she'll sign off on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's $18 million settlement with Activision Blizzard over alleged workplace sexism, denying a last-ditch attempt by the state's civil rights watchdog to delay the deal a day after the Ninth Circuit declined to intervene.
March 22, 2022
An $18 million settlement that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cut with Activision Blizzard over alleged sexism in the workplace edged toward approval Tuesday after a California federal judge said she's inclined to greenlight the agreement with tweaks.
February 24, 2022
A California federal judge refused Wednesday to delay a proposed $18 million settlement the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently struck with Activision Blizzard over alleged sexism in its workplace, saying hardship to California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing is "minimal, if any at all."
December 13, 2021
A California federal judge said Monday it is "high unlikely" she will allow California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing to intervene and oppose an $18 million settlement that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently struck with Activision Blizzard over alleged sexism in its workplace.
November 09, 2021
California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing lacks any legal justification to oppose an $18 million settlement that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently struck with Activision Blizzard over claims that the gaming giant fostered a sexist workplace culture, the federal civil rights agency told a federal judge.
October 26, 2021
California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing has officially asked a federal judge for permission to challenge a proposed $18 million settlement between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Activision Blizzard, saying the deal's scope improperly invades the state's legal turf.