That’s essentially what happened with California’s hyped lawsuit against video-game maker Activision Blizzard for allegedly discriminating against women. The California Civil Rights Department ...

Activision Blizzard is accused of unequal pay, promoting men over women, and widespread sexual harassment. California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is taking legal action ...

Activision Blizzard will pay $54.9 million to settle a lawsuit by California's Civil Rights Department alleging a pattern of pay and promotion practices that discriminated against women.

Activision Blizzard Inc. will lay off nearly 400 employees across its mobile gaming divisions in California, following last year’s $75.4 billion merger with Microsoft Corp. The company is ...

Activision will take additional steps to ensure fair pay and promotion practices and provide monetary relief to women who were employees or contract workers in California between Oct. 12, 2015 ...

The allegations against Activision were contained in a legal filing from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) following a two-year investigation. It included accusations ...

In the wake of California's DFEH making the litigation public, several Activision executives have stepped down - including the head of beloved "Diablo" studio Blizzard Entertainment, J.

The State Cases The civil-rights division’s case against Activision spotlights the vicious feeding cycle that sometimes only a federal judge can stop. For years, the zombie-like California Civil ...