My non-lawyer intuition is that this is something like fraud, extortion, or racketeering.
The parent comment doesn't mention the restaurant's location. Are the relevant jurisdictions are some combination of the following?
(a) the restaurant's location
(b) Yelp's HQ in the restaurant's country, and/or
(c) Yelp's HQ in the U.S.
My non-lawyer intuition is that this is something like fraud, extortion, or racketeering.
The parent comment doesn't mention the restaurant's location. Are the relevant jurisdictions are some combination of the following?
(a) the restaurant's location
(b) Yelp's HQ in the restaurant's country, and/or
(c) Yelp's HQ in the U.S.