California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Activision Blizzard

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California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Activision Blizzard was a lawsuit filed by the California Civil Rights Department against video game developer Activision Blizzard in July 2021. The lawsuit asserted that management of Activision Blizzard allowed and at times encouraged sexual misconduct towards female employees, that the company maintained a "frat boy" culture, and that the company's hiring and employment practices were discriminatory against women. After Activision Blizzard dismissed the claims in the lawsuit as false, more than 2,600 of the company's 9,500 staff signed an open letter demanding the company take the allegations seriously and make changes. While Activision CEO Bobby Kotick later promised the company would internally review the allegations, employees were not satisfied by the response. Employees staged a walkout on July 28, 2021, virtually joined by other developers and players across the industry. DFEH's lawsuit triggered a separate class action lawsuit...

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