this is directly from Yelp:
This is from report about a Seattle case where a landlord filed suit against a Yelp reviewer,
"Whatever the reason for the lawsuit, attorney Josh King, vice president of Avvo.com, a website where consumers post reviews of doctors and lawyers, says any legal action was not a good idea.
"The idea of pursuing a defamation lawsuit over an online posting about the stupidest thing you can do as a business owner," King said. "It simply raises the profile of the issue, it ignores an opportunity to respond to customer feedback and it lets other consumers feel that you as a business are more interested in covering up negative feedback than actually responding to it and addressing it."
After receiving the subpoena, JT says he shut down his Yelp account.
And Yelp tells KIRO 7 the company takes every step available to protect its sources, as it did in JT's case.
Since we started asking questions, Lawless has withdrawn his lawsuit and subpoena, and for now the threat of legal action against JT is over."