California lawyer quits: Governor Gavin Newsom accused of meddling with Activision Blizzard lawsuit Activision Blizzard\/Gavin NewsomA lawyer for the state of California has resigned and accused the state\u2019s governor, Gavin Newsom, of interfering with the active discrimination lawsuit against gaming publisher Activision Blizzard. In July 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard alleging the company fostered a \u201cpervasive frat-boy culture,\u201d where women were said to have been sexually harassed and received lower pay. Since then, ActiBlizz made an $18 million settlement \u2013 in what was the first of many settlements to come \u2013 as the game developer will create a fund to support sexual harassment victims as part of the deal. Now, the Chief counsel for the Department of Fair Employment has been fired, leading to an assistant resigning in protest of Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s alleged \u201cinterference\u201d in the Activision Blizzard case. California gov accused of \u201cinterference\u201d in ActiBlizz case A new report from Bloomberg revealed key details about the allegations leveled against Governor Newsom. The report says Chief Counsel Janette Wipper had been suddenly fired by Newsom in March 2022, leading Melanie Proctor, the assistant chief counsel for California\u2019s DFEH, to resign in protest. Proctor had emailed staff members before her exit that Gov. Newsom \u201cbegan to interfere\u201d with the Activision Blizzard case. She also said: \u201cThe Office of the Governor repeatedly demanded advance notice of litigation strategy and of next steps in the litigation. As we continued to win in state court, this interference increased, mimicking the interests of Activision\u2019s counsel.\u201d Wipper claims she \u201cattempted to protect\u201d the bureau, but was let go of her position. After Wipper was removed from their post, Proctor resigned on April 13, \u201cIn protest of the interference and Janette\u2019s termination.\u201d After her firing, Janette Wipper stated she is \u201cevaluating all avenues of legal recourse.\u201d In a follow-up statement to Bloomberg\u2019s Jason Schreier, Newsom\u2019s spokesperson Erin Mellon called the allegation: \u201ccategorically false.\u201d As of now, the fate of the monumental lawsuit is uncertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
California lawyer quits: Governor Gavin Newsom accused of meddling with Activision Blizzard lawsuit Activision Blizzard\/Gavin NewsomA lawyer for the state of California has resigned and accused the state\u2019s governor, Gavin Newsom, of interfering with the active discrimination lawsuit against gaming publisher Activision Blizzard. In July 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}