A San Diego bankruptcy law firm accused of using employees to post fake reviews on Yelp.com is being sued by the review site, which claims that the alleged actions violated its terms-of-service contract, the ABA Journal reported yesterday. The San Diego Superior Court action charges breach of contract, intentional interference with contractual relations, unfair competition and false advertising, rather than Computer Fraud and Abuse Act violations. According to Yelp, over a few months, McMillan Law Group employees created accounts on the site and immediately posted positive reviews of the firm. Some presented untrue statements, the article states, such as stating that they were clients of the firm when they weren’t. Yelp claims that it knows the postings were false because it checked bankruptcy filings for the individuals’ names.
