Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing back on claims that he interfered with a state lawsuit against Activision. A lawyer who quit the agency in protest suggested his actions reflected 'political influence.'
against Activision for $18 million. The decision included a proviso that any employees who take a payout from the fund have to waive their right to receive whatever damages come out of the state-level DFEH suit.over the case since last year. The DFEH strenuously objected to the EEOC’s federal settlement since it was filed, claiming it would hamper the state’s case.
The two lawyers who allegedly moved from the EEOC to the DFEH went unnamed in the filings. Wipper worked for the California branch of the EEOC until she was appointed chief counsel at the DFEH in 2018. Proctor hasn’t worked for the EEOC in the last five years. The agency works in tandem with the governor and attorney general’s offices and must get approval for its lawsuits and legal actions, the former deputy attorney general noted.
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