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Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation

Oct. 12, 2021

EEOC accuses state civil rights agency of conflict

In court papers filed Saturday, the EEOC said two unidentified lawyers at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing previously worked at EEOC and were part of the team that investigated Activision Blizzard. Now DFEH wants to intervene in EEOC’s case against the gaming giant.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused California's civil rights agency of a conflict of interest when it objected to a settlement of workplace discrimination claims between the federal agency and the game creator Activision Blizzard.

In court papers filed Saturday, the EEOC said two unidentified lawyers at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing previously worked at EEOC and were part of the team that inv...

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