Google Video Game Loot Box Suit Dismissal Adds to Defense Wins

Google LLC became the latest company to fend off litigation alleging it encourages gambling through purchases of loot boxes in downloaded video games, following a California federal court ruling.

The plaintiff’s claims failed because loot boxes are legal under state law, and even if they weren’t, the Communications Decency Act shields Google under the alleged facts, Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said. Section 230 of the law immunizes internet platforms from liability for publishing content created by others.

Last week, Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California dismissed ...