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Jordan Mallory Jan 21, 2020. 2 minute read

Riot Discrimination Settlement Sucks Actually, Says CA State Agencies

Last month, Riot and the lawyers representing the plaintiffs of a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit agreed to settle for $10 million, then said to be the largest gender discrimination payout in California history. The only step remaining in the process was for California’s Supreme Court to approve the settlement agreement,…

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Jordan Mallory Oct 3, 2019. 3 minute read

Gearbox CEO and Former Lawyer Decide to Quit Suing Each Other

Gearbox, its CEO Randy Pitchford, and ex-Gearbox General Counsel Wade Callender have all decided to drop the various lawsuits they’ve filed against each other, according to a request for dismissal first reported by Insider. “Upon review of all the evidence in the case, it was of the opinion of counsel…

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Jordan Mallory Sep 30, 2019. 3 minute read

Duke Nukem 3D Composer Sues Gearbox, Valve for Unlicensed Music Sales

Bobby Prince, a composer/sound designer responsible for many iconic early-90s midi jams, has filed a lawsuit against Gearbox Software, Gearbox Publishing, Valve Corporation, and Mr. Randy “Where’d I Leave My Thumb Drive” Pitchford himself, claiming that Gearbox et al. have been selling Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour without…

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Jordan Mallory Sep 19, 2019. 2 minute read

Valve Must Allow for Steam Games to Be Resold, Says French Court

The High Court of Paris (aka the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, or “TGI”) has ruled against the digital games magistrates at Valve, siding with a French consumer rights organization in a lawsuit over Steam users’ inability to resell the games that they purchase on the platform. European Union…

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Jordan Mallory Jul 22, 2019. 2 minute read

Welp, There’s a Class Action Lawsuit over Joy-Con Drift

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Nintendo over the anecdotally widespread issue of Switch joy-con drift, a phenomenon where the Switch registers input from the joy-con analogue stick(s), even when they are not being touched. The suit was filed last Friday in the western district of Washington state…

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