Blacklist, take II

[geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA]

 Immediately after responding to Mitch's post, I saw Linda
 Merrifield's response: [paraphrase] <<Why not instead
 create a list of good employers/clients?>> Excellent! There
 are still problems (good ones can turn bad over time,
 employees can post spurious good reviews), but this
 approach is eminently defensible in a legal sense.

 You'd have to have a very clear disclaimer, though: "This
 list presents only companies that someone claimed to be
 good. There are two caveats: (1) a company's absence from
 this list is only due to the fact nobody came forward to
 applaud them, and must not be considered as implicit or
 explicit criticism, and (2) entries on the list represent
 the personal opinions of those who submitted the reference,
 and not the opinions of the list managers... buyer beware."

 I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one in e-mail, so you'd
 want a legal eagle to write that out properly.

 --Geoff Hart     @8^{)}     geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
 Disclaimer: Speaking for myself, not FERIC.

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