Soucek

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RACHELLE COLVIN, et al., Case No. 23-cv-04146-VC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART ROBLOX'S

MOTION TO DISMISS

ROBLOX CORPORATION, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 87 Defendants.

The motion to dismiss is granted with respect to the fraud-based state-law claims (Counts 3–8) and the request for injunctive relief. The motion to dismiss is denied with respect to the negligence claims and the request for monetary relief. This ruling assumes that the reader is familiar with the facts, the applicable legal standards, and the arguments made by both parties. This ruling also assumes that the reader is familiar with the Court’s order addressing Roblox’s prior motion to dismiss. Dkt. No. 65. 1. Fraud-based claims. The prior iteration of the complaint alleged affirmative misrepresentations by Roblox. The current iteration pivots to an omissions theory: that Roblox failed to disclose to parents that their kids could be lured into gambling away their Robux. The complaint alleges that the parents “would have taken different actions” with respect to their minor children’s use of…