Yelp Inc. v. Superior Court of Orange Cnty.

*4Yelp Inc., which operates a website for consumer reviews, has petitioned for a writ of mandate to overturn an order compelling its production of documents that may reveal the identity of an anonymous reviewer on its site. Yelp also appeals from a separate order imposing $4,962.59 in monetary sanctions against it for failing to comply with the subpoena requiring production of the documents. Pursuant to the parties' stipulation, we have consolidated the writ proceeding with the appeal.

Yelp argues the orders must be reversed because: (1) the trial court erroneously concluded Yelp lacked standing…