Godfread Law Firm - Intellectual Property and Business Law » class action http://www.godfreadlaw.com A Minneapolis-St. Paul law firm practicing trademark, copyright, technology and business law. Wed, 04 May 2011 17:40:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Yelp! sued in class action over extortion http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/yelp-sued-in-class-action-over-extortion http://www.godfreadlaw.com/index.php/2010/yelp-sued-in-class-action-over-extortion#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:48:15 +0000 Paul http://www.godfreadlaw.com/?p=298 There’s even a blog about it. I use Yelp! only occasionally but I do rely on reviews on Google and elsewhere. This can be a touchy subject for many small business owners as they can and do find customers through online reviews.I found my barber through those reviews and I know he takes those online reviews pretty seriously. Its also ripe for abuse as small businesses may be tempted to put as many five star reviews up as the can. What this lawsuit alleges though is that Yelp! asked for money to make the bad reviews go away. Yelp! denies this and states that they only remove reviews that they believe are illegitimate.

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