Carvalho

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 RODNEY CARVALHO, et al., Case No. 21-cv-08015-BLF

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART MOTION TO

DISMISS

HP, INC., [Re: ECF No. 19] Defendant.

12 In this case, Plaintiffs Rodney Carvalho and Mark Maher challenge the manner in which Defendant HP Inc. advertises products on its website. Plaintiffs allege that HP displays false and inflated reference or “strikethrough” prices for its products that it then offers to consumers at a purported “discount price.” HP allegedly markets its products this way to create the impression that consumers are saving money when in fact HP never sells its products at the higher strikethrough prices. Plaintiffs seek to represent classes of individuals who purchased purportedly discounted products on HP’s website in the last five years. Now before the Court is HP’s motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint under Federal Rules…