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Labor/Employment

Dec. 22, 2023

Yelp settles class action over 1-way sales calls for $15M

The plaintiffs’ attorneys claim that the settlement agreement is one of the five largest in a phone call class action lawsuit brought under California’s Invasion of Privacy Act.

Yelp Inc. and attorneys for more than 400,000 business owners asked a San Francisco judge Thursday to preliminarily approve a $15 million class action settlement over claims that the company violated California law by surreptitiously recording “one-way” phone calls from its sales representatives.

The plaintiffs’ attorneys claim that the settlement agreement is one of the five largest in a phone call class action lawsuit brought under Calif...

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