Activision Adds Legal Staff Amid Labor Fight, Microsoft Deal (1)

Aug. 24, 2022, 5:15 PM UTCUpdated: Aug. 24, 2022, 8:43 PM UTC

Activision Blizzard Inc., a video game holding company hoping to close next year on its $69 billion sale to Microsoft Corp., has appointed three lawyers to labor and employment-focused positions and named a new general counsel for subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment Inc.

The company promoted Caroline Elkin, its chief privacy officer, in July to the additional role of chief labor counsel. Activision the same month hired Jeannie Bohlman from Zillow Group Inc. as vice president of employment law and in June added Erin Rowin from UBS AG to serve as vice president for employee relations.

The personnel changes come as ...

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