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Consumer Review Legislation, Litigation Appear On the Horizon
Viewing, evaluating, or even writing consumer reviews, has become a ubiquitous element of the present day Internet experience for most users, particularly in urban areas such as New York City, in which a surfeit of dining, nightlife and cultural options often render the city dweller powerless to make an informed choice without the recommendations of similarly situated consumers. The reviews of fellow travelers have been recognized by the media, and even Congress, as a materially beneficial aspect for most Web users. Authentic customer reviews manifest indicia of reliability and candor that are believed not to be present in reviews that are motivated by financial interest, though many review sites do contain numerous reviews from advertisers masquerading as objective consumers.
The most prominent of such sites, Yelp.com, which allows users to read as well as create reviews of myriad businesses they patronize or even happen to walk by on a given day, averages 142 million unique visitors per month, and its users post upwards of 90 million reviews per year. Types of reviewable business have expanded since Yelp's founding in 2004 to include local prisons, traffic lights and Yelp itself (as of this writing, the site maintains a rating of 2.5 stars based on 7,793 reviews).
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“Baseball arbitration” refers to the process used in Major League Baseball in which if an eligible player's representative and the club ownership cannot reach a compensation agreement through negotiation, each party enters a final submission and during a formal hearing each side — player and management — presents its case and then the designated panel of arbitrators chooses one of the salary bids with no other result being allowed. This method has become increasingly popular even beyond the sport of baseball.
Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel
'Disconnect Between In-House and Outside Counsel is a continuation of the discussion of client expectations and the disconnect that often occurs. And although the outside attorneys should be pursuing how inside-counsel actually think, inside counsel should make an effort to impart this information without waiting to be asked.