Sadly, this act only covers “form contracts” for the sale of services or products, and doesn’t look like it would extend to contracts of employment. That is, a consumer cannot be bound by a clause that prohibits writing reviews. And if a consumer of the company’s products is also an employee, then this act doesn’t prohibit a “no reviews” clause in the employment contract.
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radix@lemmy.world 10 months ago
ftc.gov/…/consumer-review-fairness-act-what-busin…
The Consumer Review Fairness Act makes it illegal for companies to include standardized provisions that threaten or penalize people for posting honest reviews. For example, in an online transaction, it would be illegal for a company to include a provision in its terms and conditions that prohibits or punishes negative reviews by customers.
litchralee@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Beacon@fedia.io 10 months ago
But that's not the situation in this scenario. OP's brother hired this firm to perform a service, and thus this law should apply
litchralee@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Whoops, you’re right. I misread the first sentence as though OP’s brother was hired by the company. In that case, yes, this act would appear to void any clause that would restrict writing a review, whether good or bad.
misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Leave a bad review for them breaking the law. Each time they threaten you, continue to append their email to your review.
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They should make a law that is upheld about things like this.
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Visits White House
“Felt creepy, too much gold. Zero stars.”
FBI: hi there…