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Judge makes Yelp take down Review
Guest post Provided by Reputation Stars A Virginian’s Yelp review recently made it to the crime pages of the national dailies — few will be surprised to learn that it is not a legal first. Here’s the story. Jane Perez was not happy with the cosmetic repair work that Christopher Dietz carried out in her Fairfax, Virginia-home; she unloaded her unhappiness on Yelp and other review sites. There was no mincing of words. Dietz’s business suffered and he sued Perez for $750,000 in damages, claiming Perez had defamed him. Perez said she stood by all the statements she made in her reviews concerning Dietz, but a judge ordered her to take…