Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is suing regional residential contractor SFW Construction for preventing unhappy customers from posting negative reviews online about the company’s services, according to a lawsuit filed Oct. 20.
SFW Construction, headquartered in Portland, provides siding and dry rot repair services.
The lawsuit claims that since 2022, SFW’s boilerplate customer contract has included a “dispute resolution clause stating that consumers wishing to settle any potential future dispute with SFW must agree to not post any negative reviews” about the company…