Having Yelp Reviews Removed

[RobertFisher]

The Search Engine Watch piece is a bit misleading. It makes it seem as if the plaintiff's proved that Yelp was doing this and the court said it was OK and was "hard bargaining." If you read the piece by Vauhina Vara in the New Yorker, "The Terrible Yelp Ruling Is Not So Bad," it points out that the biggest reason for the appeal failing was the plaintiff's failed to prove Yelp had done any of the things they were claiming. The judge appears to have gone a little beyond with the... and if they had ... hard bargaining. I paraphrased that last bit.

I have to believe if it were a case where the claims were proven up, and the judge found that it was OK as here, there would be a push to a higher court with a real chance of reversal. At least I hope there would be!

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[EGOL]

Thanks for letting me know about the New Yorker article.  That does make a difference.