NEW: Riot Games agrees to pay $100 million to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
The Riot Games logo is displayed at a 2019 event in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Wojciech Wandzel/Riot Games Inc. via Getty Images
Riot Games has agreed to settle a 2018 gender discrimination lawsuit for $100 million, the "League of Legends" giant and Californian agencies announced Monday evening.Under the agreement, $80 million would be set aside for hundreds of current and former California employees who identify as women inAn additional $20 million would go toward plaintiffs' legal fees.
The payment will resolve the suit and all claims will be made to a settlement fund before being distributed, pending court approval.The announcement comes at a time of intense scrutiny for the video games industry, with the DFEH involved in another anti-discrimination
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