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(Reuters) - A Los Angeles federal judge on Tuesday signed off on Activision Blizzard Inc's $18 million settlement of a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging widespread sex discrimination, over the objections of a California agency that says the deal could derail its own case against the video game maker.
During a hearing, U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer said she would give final approval to the settlement after Activision and the EEOC made various tweaks she requested last week.
Reuters watched a livestream of the hearing.
Fischer also rejected a renewed bid by California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which sued Activision for alleged violations of state anti-bias laws several months before the EEOC filed its lawsuit, to intervene in the case.
Activision did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Nor did DFEH.
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