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The employees of Riot Games in 2018.
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Riot Games will let new employees opt for lawsuits over arbitration

Under pressure from employees, Riot Games announced tonight that it will change a policy and let new employees opt to sue the company rather than be forced into arbitration during disputes.

The Los Angeles maker of League of Legends, which has been accused of having a sexist culture, said it held an all-hands meeting and decided to “pivot” to the new policy, a spokesman said.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.