Zagat Survey, LLC, publishes the famous Zagat series of dining, travel and leisure guides for different cities
Question:
Zagat Survey, LLC, publishes the famous Zagat series of dining, travel and leisure guides for different cities and locations. The Zagat restaurant guides list and rank each reviewed restaurant from 0-30 for such categories as food, decor and services. These ratings are calculated from surveys of customers of the restaurants and the Zagat guides often quote anonymous customer comments. The Burning Room is a restaurant owned by Themed Restaurants. Inc. that is located in Miami Beach, Florida The Zagat Survey of South Beach Restaurants rated the food as 9 and rated the decor and service 8. The Zagat guide then stated "God knows you don't go for the food at the South Beach hot spot".
Themed Restaurant comes to your law office to discuss suing Zagat for "anything" . Is Zagat libel to Themed Restaurants, Inc.? What would you tell the client?
Business Law Legal Environment Online Commerce Business Ethics and International Issues
ISBN: 978-0134004006
9th edition
Authors: Henry R. Cheeseman