Glassdoor ordered to reveal negative reviewers to employer

"Zuru's co-founders state that Zuru has had to expend money, time, and resources in combatting the negative publicity, negative perception, and harm to [Zuru's] reputation that the reviews have caused,'" the court document read.

According to Zuru, it intends to file a case in New Zealand against those who wrote the negative reviews. To do this, however, the toymaker filed a subpoena ordering Glassdoor to disclose the identities of the reviewers, the number of people who saw them, as well as other related information.

Glassdoor moved to quash the subpoena, reasoning that it "shouldn't be required to unmask the anonymous reviewers because Zuru can't plead or prove a defamation claim against them."

In addition, Glassdoor also cried foul against Zuru's attempt to see how many people saw the review, saying the information is "not relevant, is commercially sensitive, and would be impracticable to produce."

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