Yelp CEO Responds to Class-Action Lawsuits Alleging Extortion

Yelp has been the subject of fairly continued grumblings, some louder than others, that its ethics are less than stellar--and last week, the user-generated reviews site got hit with an official class-action lawsuit making those grumblings legal accusations. Even worse, yet another (very similar) lawsuit just emerged, accusing Yelp of the same underhanded tactics. Today, Yelp's CEO, Jeremy Stoppelman, responded on the official Yelp blog.

Essentially, the rumors of ethical misconduct all come...