Activision Loses Bid to Subpoena Regulators in Bias Suit Fight

Activision Blizzard Inc. cannot subpoena attorneys for California’s civil rights agency to investigate how the regulator handled its probe into allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination at the video game maker, a judge in Los Angeles said Thursday.

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which sued Activision in July over those allegations, had asked the Los Angeles Superior Court to block the company from subpoenaing agency attorneys who previously worked at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Judge Timothy P. Dillon granted the DFEH motion to block the subpoenas, and ordered Activision and the agency to meet to ...