This week, a judge signed off on a settlement between gaming publisher Activision Blizzard and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which is a federal government agency. Though this would appear to close the book on the beleaguered company's federal legal woes, it still faces multiple lawsuits, including one from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which first made headlines last year.
According to the Washington Post, a representative from California's DFEH asked the judge to delay approval of the settlement, but that request was denied. Former employees of Activision Blizzard must submit a claim of harassment or discrimination to the EEOC in order to receive the funds. Furthermore, those employees cannot "double dip" by joining both the federal and California state cases, unless they have claims that aren't covered by the EEOC settlement, such as inequity of pay.
