Activision Blizzard settles DOJ lawsuit over eSports wage suppression

The US Department of Justice has settled a lawsuit it filed Monday with Activision Blizzard over suppressed eSports wages, according toReuters. The case, submitted in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, focuses on a rule that required independently owned teams to effectively pay double if they passed a soft salary cap. A federal judge will still need to approve the settlement. The complaint, the fruit of an investigation first reported in 2021, said that in Activision's Overwatch...