A Baltimore County doctor is suing a client who posted a negative review online after a visit to his clinic, alleging her statements were defamatory and have resulted in a significant drop in revenue for his business. After visiting Carr Medical Specialities LLC in Lutherville for a massage and facial spa treatment, Tammie J. Monaco sent Dr. Kevin L. Carr, the owner of the practice, an email expressing her dissatisfaction and intent to share her experience online through social media. In a review posted on Yelp.com, Monaco described the practice as “unprofessional,” the clinic’s bathroom as “filthy” and Carr as a “scam artist.”

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Researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park are using online reviews to predict whether a restaurant will close its doors within the next three months.

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First the chefs of a small Italian restaurant got mad at online review site Yelp. Instead of trying to get better reviews, they decided to take a different approach: get terrible ones.

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Issues for the next attorney general lead news roundup that includes court approval of Florida medmal burden, Yelp's alleged extortion and Wisconsin's AG race.

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Yelp Inc., the online customer-review service, said it paid $450,000 to settle a U.S. regulator’s lawsuit accusing it of collecting names and email addresses from children as young as 9 without the consent of their parents.

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A federal appeals court says online review site Yelp can lower or raise the rating of a business depending on whether it advertises with the company.

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While review site Yelp.com is often used as a tool for scoping out restaurants or hair salons, the site is also attracting consumers with a very specific need: legal representation.

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The Virginia Supreme Court is dealing with new-age censorship as it tackles a case dealing with negative posts on business review websites Yelp and Angie's List.

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NEW YORK — Facebook might finally be laying down the groundwork for a highly anticipated initial public offering, long expected to take place sometime after April 2012. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the world’s largest online social network ...

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NEW YORK — Popular online reviews site Yelp is going public, the latest in a slew of Internet businesses to do so. Yelp Inc. said in a regulatory filing Thursday that it plans to raise $100 million in an initial ...

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