Activision Blizzard asks to pause harassment lawsuit, citing dispute between two government agencies

“The EEOC’s philosophical response [to the DFEH] is: True, okay, maybe if you went to litigation, [but] you’ve never won one that big, especially in this industry, so we’d like to get definite money on the table to these people, rather than say … roll the dice on litigation,” Hoeg said. “Neither side is necessarily wrong there, but it’s a fundamental difference in philosophy.”