Actually, the ruling stated that there was no evidence of Yelp behaving the way they were accused of. It went on to say that, even if they were, it would at worst constitute hard bargaining and not extortion.<p>I worked at Yelp for two years as a software engineer. I have seen everything there is to see: the code, the databases, etc. There is no extortion table. There is no extortion code. Businesses like to make this claim because it generates sympathy and attention. It&#x27;s just not true.