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Activision Blizzard continues to stay in the news, but not for the reasons they want to. Just weeks subsequently their ground-breaking acquisition by Microsoft and with an executive shake-upwardly looming as a upshot of it, they go on to fight a lawsuit from the state of California Department of Fair Employment and Housing for creating an environment rife with "unlawful harassment, bigotry, and retaliation." Now, information technology looks like that lawsuit is going to be broader in scope than the company wanted.

According to games journalist Stephen Totilo on Twitter, the company's recent move to have the lawsuit narrowed to just permanent employees has been thrown out. The estimate ruled that the courtroom could indeed consider temporary workers' treatment at the hands of Activision Blizzard when determining if they bankrupt any laws.

This is specially relevant to the visitor as a strike from employees at Raven Software, which is owned by Activision Blizzard, continues specifically due to their treatment of temporary employees. Had the motion held up, the lawsuit could not expect at whether those contractors were unfairly dismissed. Information technology as well has potential implications across the gaming industry, which relies heavily on contractors and freelance employees to fulfill roles like Quality Balls.

The state'southward lawsuit against Activision Blizzard might have been originally filed back in July 2022, but it looks like information technology will be a while before it somewhen reaches the trial stage. The jury trial isn't scheduled to brainstorm until February 2023 at the earliest.