SAN FRANCISCO — Small business owners who accused Yelp Inc. of extorting them for advertising payments by manipulating user reviews hit a wall Tuesday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Writing for a unanimous panel, Judge Marsha Berzon concluded allegations that Yelp threatened business owners with poor ratings unless they bought advertising did not violate the Hobbs Act or California state law.
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