May 3, 2006 10:17 AM PDT

Activision sued for overtime

A Boston law firm has filed a class-action suit against Activision, the world's second-largest video game maker, alleging that the company failed to pay overtime to employees as required by law.

The suit, Erimez v. Activision, was filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, and argues that Activision illegally declared its animators as "exempt" from overtime pay.

Activision did not return a call for comment Tuesday.

The suit comes on the heels of Electronic Arts' decision to pay $14.9 million to settle a class-action suit by employees who also alleged non-payment of overtime. The firm filing the Activision suit also has filed a similar suit against Sony Computer Entertainment.

Daniel Terdiman is a staff writer at CNET News covering games, Net culture, and everything in between. E-mail Daniel.

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