Judge Prepared to Approve Activision Blizzard's $18 Million Settlement with the EEOC

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One of Activision Blizzard's ongoing legal battles may be coming to a close. As reported by Bloomberg Law, Judge Dale S.

Fischer of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California said that she was prepared to approve Activision Blizzard's $18 million settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), stating that she was «satisfied that both the monetary relief and the nonmonetary provisions are fair, reasonable, and adequate.» $18 Million SettlementDFEH Files InterventionIntervention Denied Last December, Judge Fischer denied the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing's (DFEH) attempt to intervene in the settlement, scolding both agencies for their inappropriate public disputes over the last several months.

While the state agency claimed that the settlement would hurt their own case due to directing Activision to destroy evidence, the EEOC argued that the company was only required to expunge the records of employees who received settlements in order to protect them from whistleblower discrimination and that all appropriate records would still need to be maintained. It appears the judge agreed with the EEOC in her statement today, calling many of the state's arguments «simply inaccurate, based on speculation, or otherwise address issues that the DFEH should not be concerned with.” In response to this news, Activision Blizzard unsurprisingly told The Washington Post that they were pleased by the outcome, and that „Our goal has always been to provide immediate and meaningful compensation to eligible employees who choose to participate and to continue workplace improvements that make Activision Blizzard a model for our industry.” Another hearing is scheduled for March 29th to