In a motion filed late Wednesday, the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing said the proposed $18 million settlement between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Activision Blizzard would destroy stronger state civil rights claims and reduce compensation to aggrieved employees.

U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer of the Central District of California will decide if the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing can intervene in a settlement between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Activision Blizzard.

California's civil rights agency upped the ante again in the fight to change workplace culture at some of the biggest game creators, this time by attempting to intervene in a proposed deal between federal employment regulators and the gaming giant Activision Blizzard.

In a motion filed late Wednesday, the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing said the proposed $18 million settlement between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Co...

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State civil rights agency tries to intervene in EEOC deal with Activision

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