California state lawyer suing Activision Blizzard is fired

FILE - The Activision Blizzard Booth is shown on June 13, 2013, during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. A top California state civil rights lawyer who was pursuing a discrimination case against the video game giant has been fired, and her colleague has quit in protest. Janette Wipper was chief counsel for the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing but Wednesday, April 13, 2022, was her last day. Her attorney says another department attorney involved in the case, Melanie Proctor, quit Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)