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This clause directly obligates businesses using Yelp to refrain from using contract terms that would suppress consumer reviews, reinforcing legal protections for reviewers.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated with ellipses, and the full scope of the California law reference and any exceptions for 'certain' contracts may not be fully captured. The canonical claim preserves the qualifier 'that seek to restrict or prohibit reviews' exactly as stated.
Businesses on Yelp are contractually required not to include non-disparagement clauses in their consumer contracts that would restrict or prohibit reviews.
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"non-disparagement clauses in certain consumer contracts, such as clauses that seek to restrict or prohibit reviews...about your Business, are prohibited under California law...and you will not include such clauses in your consumer contracts— Excerpt from Yelp's Yelp Terms of Service
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This clause directly obligates businesses using Yelp to refrain from using contract terms that would suppress consumer reviews, reinforcing legal protections for reviewers.
Businesses on Yelp are contractually required not to include non-disparagement clauses in their consumer contracts that would restrict or prohibit reviews.
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