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The video game developer Telltale Games decided to close their studio, dismissing approximately 250 employees with no notice, reason, or severance pay. A former employee has filed a suit against the company alleging that the large layoff is in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. The WARN Act requires firms with at least 100 full time employees to provide 60 days’ notice prior to mass layoffs or closures, exceptions being made only when company action is a result of “circumstances that were not reasonably foreseeable.” However, the state adoption of the law will make it difficult for Telltale Games to fight against the allegations. California’s reworking of the law does not allow exceptions to be made even when closure is a result of circumstances that were out of the firm’s control.