Riot Games steadfast on Forced Arbitration for current employees, despite protests

At the start of May, employees at League of Legends developer Riot Games held a protest at the studio to oppose (among other factors) Forced Arbitration of staff, a contract clause that - succinctly - makes it nigh-on impossible for internal lawsuits to be tried in a public case. Riot Games has since decided that although the studio's new employees will be given the opportunity to opt-out of arbitration, they are not going to extend that courtesy to its present staff, due to litigation suits that are currently underway.

"Ultimately, given the complexities of ongoing litigation, we will not change our employee agreements while in active litigation," said Riot said in a statement released after a meeting with employees last week. "We know not everyone agrees with this decision, but we also know everyone does want Riot to continue to improve."

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