Judge Dismisses UCL Claim Against Mobile Game Developers For Rigged ‘Loot Boxes’

Mealey's (August 11, 2022, 12:50 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Aug. 9 dismissed with leave to amend a group of mobile gamers’ claims that two developers violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by deceiving the gamers into spending thousands of dollars purchasing in-game “gems” to play rigged “loot box” games, finding no evidence of affirmative misrepresentation by the developers....