California governor has been interfering in Activision Blizzard lawsuit
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#5Y53Q)
Bronte Wittpenn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The state of California's case against Activision Blizzard just took another blow. A report in Bloomberg alleges that the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom sought to interfere" in the lawsuit between the state's Department of Fair Employment and Housing and Activision Blizzard for sexual harassment and discrimination. When the suit's head counsel Janette Wipper tried to maintain the department's autonomy, she was allegedly fired by Newsom, which prompted assistant chief counsel for the DFEH Melanie Proctor to resign in protest.
According to the Bloomberg report, Proctor sent an email to staff saying, The Office of the Governor repeatedly demanded advance notice of litigation strategy and of next steps in the litigation. As we...