A: It’s been a difficult period for businesses during the pandemic; restaurants that have made it into the Michelin Guide must be over the moon.
B: Not necessarily. Last year, one restaurant filed a lawsuit against the publisher of the guide and asked that it stop evaluating their business.
A: What was the result of the lawsuit?
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B: The court ruled against the restaurant, on the grounds that barring the guide’s inspectors from going to the restaurant, or banning the guide from publishing a review would infringe upon the right to free speech.
A: 疫情期間生意難做，能登上《米其林指南》的餐廳一定很開心。
B: 那可不一定喔，去年就有某餐廳對該指南提告，要求禁止對餐廳進行任何評鑑。
A: 判決結果如何？
B: 法院判決該餐廳敗訴，因為禁止評鑑員前往，或禁止發表用餐評論，可能會影響言論自由。
（Translated by Edward Jones, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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