Activision Asks Court to Toss California State Harassment Claims

Activision Blizzard Inc. asked a court in Los Angeles on Monday to toss out a lawsuit filed by the state of California accusing the game maker of discrimination and sexual harassment against female employees.

California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which sued the game maker in July 2021, failed to fulfill the requirements laid out for it in state law regarding investigations and lawsuits against employers, and therefore the agency’s claims must be dismissed, Activision said in a filing.

The motion for summary adjudication, filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, accuses the DFEH of a “fundamental failure to ...