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The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it filed an antitrust lawsuit against Activision Blizzard alleging the company imposes rules that limit competition for players and suppresses wages

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it filed an antitrust lawsuit against Activision Blizzard Inc.

alleging that the company imposed rules that limited competition for players in two of its videogame franchises’The department said its complaint alleges that in two of the esports leagues owned by the videogame company, Activision and the independently-owned teams in each league implemented a so-called Competitive Balance Tax.

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