Legal Opinion
Demetriades v. Yelp, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 24, 2014No. B247151PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JOHNSON, J.
Plaintiff James Demetriades, who operates restaurants in Mammoth Lakes, filed a complaint seeking an injunction under the unfair competition law (UCL; Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.) and the false advertising law (FAL); Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17500 et seq.) to prevent defendant Yelp, Inc. (Yelp), the operator of a popular online Web site that contains customer reviews of businesses, from making claims about the accuracy and efficacy of its “filter” for unreliable or biased customer reviews. The trial court granted Yelp’s special motion to strike plaintiff’s complaint under…
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