Judge Rejects Activision Blizzard S Attempt To Pause California Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Activision Blizzard moved to pause legal proceedings following a messy tussle between California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), which had launched the original lawsuit against the publisher, and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - which had previously announced an $18m settlement deal with Activision as part of its own investigation into the company. The DFEH objected to the settlement, claiming it would cause “irreparable harm” to its own lawsuit if approved by the court, and the EEOC retaliated by revealing the DFEH’s case was led - until very recently - by two of its own former lawyers, which would make the DFEH’s objection a conflict of interest and a potential legal issue regarding the conduct of those attorneys....