Deceitful delivery? A new report reveals that Grubhub knowingly schemed to cheat its couriers out of minimum wage. According to Streetsblog, in 2024, the popular food delivery service began outsourcing a percentage of its orders to Relay, another delivery app exempt from NYC delivery-app minimum-wage requirements. Essentially and legally, starting in 2024, if you ordered delivery …
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ChowNow Sued by Former Security Manager Alleging Whistleblower Retaliation
SANTA MONICA – A former security engineer for the online food ordering platform ChowNow is suing the company, alleging that only months after he was hired in 2024, he was fired for speaking out about allegedly lax protection for employees’ personal data and clients’ financial information. Julio Nunez’s Santa Monica Superior Court lawsuit alleges wrongful …
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ANTITRUST—N.D. Cal.: ChowNow sufficiently alleged its competitor published inaccurate comparative advertising, (Jan 20, 2026)
Law Firms Mentioned:Baker & McKenzie LLP | Polsinelli LLP Organizations Mentioned:ChowNow, Inc. | Owner.com By Patricia K. Ruiz, J.D. The complaint alleged Owner.com engaged in a pattern of unfair, false, and misleading business practices to divert customers away from ChowNow. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied in part Owner.com’s motion to dismiss ChowNow’s seven-count …
California mandates full refunds and human support for DoorDash & Uber Eats customers
California has passed a new law that significantly changes how food delivery platforms must handle refunds, customer service, and driver pay transparency.Will Neff’s Anime Mount RushmoreKeep WatchingAdvertisement The legislation, Assembly Bill 578, applies to major food delivery services, including Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Postmates, and introduces stricter consumer protections when orders go wrong. Under the new law, food …
Grubhub agrees to pay restaurants $7 million in false advertising case
Aug 27 (Reuters) – Online food delivery platform Grubhub has agreed to pay $7.1 million to settle a class action that accused the company of falsely advertising that it was partnered with thousands of restaurants. The restaurants filed a preliminary settlement, opens new tab, which requires a judge’s approval, on Tuesday in the federal court in …
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Uber Eats settles Seattle labor claims for $15M
Dive Brief: Dive Insight: The settlement marks a win for Seattle’s regulatory authorities, which have sought to enforce the city’s independent contractor and minimum pay laws since they took effect. Those laws were part of a tide of regulations passed by major municipalities in the first years after the COVID-19 pandemic that forced app-based delivery …
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Uber ends Foodpanda Taiwan acquisition after regulatory hurdles
March 11 (Reuters) – Uber has terminated its $950 million bid for Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda business in Taiwan, the food delivery company said on Tuesday, owing to regulatory hurdles. Taiwan had in December blocked the deal on anti-competitive concerns. Its Fair Trade Commission argued the buyout of Uber’s main rival, Foodpanda, would increase the combined market share to 90% …
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Uber Eats vs. DoorDash: Inside the legal battle between ‘two titans’ of delivery
For the first time ever, Uber Eats sued DoorDash last week. Uber Eats alleged that DoorDash was engaging in anti-competitive behavior by interfering with its ability to capture delivery clients who use white-label delivery for branded websites and apps. “This is the two titans squaring off against each other,” said Barry Barnett, a partner at Susman …
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DoorDash loses its challenge to Uber lawsuit
Uber’s lawsuit against DoorDash over delivery contracts will continue after a judge struck down DoorDash’s motion to dismiss the case. A California Superior Court judge on Friday gave the case the green light, ruling that five of DoorDash’s six objections did not pass legal muster. On the one objection that was sustained, the court is …
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Under NJ rule, some freelancers, like Uber drivers, could be classified as employees
Truckers as well as drivers for such rideshare apps as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and GrubHub could be classified as regular company employees and not freelance workers in New Jersey under a new rule proposed by the state Department of Labor. The rules could increase labor costs for those businesses and others that use freelancers. But …