Bobby Kotick summoned for questioning by the US Securities and Exchange Commission

United States Securities and Exchange Commission initiated an investigation against the publisher Activision Blizzard… In particular, the head of the company will be summoned to the federal department. Bobby Kitty…

The reason was the high-profile case of discrimination and harassment in the publishing house initiated in the state of California. According to sources The wall street journalThe Commission’s investigation is expected to be “large-scale”.

Officials are interested in how exactly the management of the publishing house reacted to reports of discrimination. In particular, Bobby Kotick himself, as well as the developers Call of duty, World of warcraft and Candy crush…

The press service of the company claims that the publishing house cooperates with representatives of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, Activision Blizzard will provide 2019 Board Meeting Minutes, as well as the personal files of a number of former employees and agreements with them.

It is also interesting that the reshuffle continues at Activision Blizzard. So, the chief legal consultant of the studio left her post Blizzard Claire Hartwho has worked in the company for over three years. She announced that she would take a small “break” in her career.

Earlier, several bloggers, citing their sources, reported that mass layoffs at the publishing house at the end of 2019 were allegedly directly related to the discrimination case in California. In particular, the unit responsible for the service came under attack. Battle.net…