Reading the Riot Act: $100 Million Settlement in Gender Discrimination Class Action
“A California Superior Court judge recently preliminarily approved a $100 million settlement in connection with a class action brought on behalf of a class of current and former female employees at video game studio Riot Games. The lawsuit, filed in 2018 after an expose into so called bro culture at Riot,” reports Aimee Bierman in JD Supra.
“Asserted that the company discriminated against female employees when it promoted men more than women and demoted women who were similarly qualified to their male counterparts, and subjected women to a hostile work environment. The named plaintiffs, Melanie McCracken a then-current employee and Jessica Negron a former.”
