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Defendant Name: Grubhub

Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Practice Area: Commercial Litigation

Status: Active
Date Filed: 10/26/2020

Case Documents

Preliminary Approval Order 09/04/25

Case Overview

Case Update: 

    • On September 4, 2025, Judge LaShonda A. Hunt of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division granted preliminary approval of a class action settlement in this action.  Under the terms of the settlement, restaurants whose  names  or  logos  were  used  on  Grubhub, or  any  other  part  of  the  Grubhub  Platform,  including  AllMenus,  Eat24,  Seamless,  Tapingo,  LevelUp,  OrderUp,  BiteGrabber, and  MenuPages,  from  January  1,  2019  through  April  30,  2024  without  a  contract with Grubhub, are entitled to file claims for compensation from a $7.1 million common fund. Businesses will receive an initial payment of $50 (which may be increased or reduced depending on the total number of valid claims submitted) and an additional payment pro rata based on the length of time they were listed on the platforms listed above without a contract in place.  The current deadline to file a Claim Form is March 4, 2026. The Court will hold a Fairness hearing to decide whether to approve the Settlement. The hearing will be held at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse – Courtroom 1425, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604, on April 15, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.

For more information, please visit the settlement website: https://www.restaurantlistingsettlement.com/.

 

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FeganScott filed a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit against Grubhub on behalf of restaurants seeking to end Grubhub’s unauthorized practice of using the names and logos of restaurants that have not agreed to partner with the food delivery service. The suit claims that this practice violates the Lanham Act and creates confusion for the consumer, inevitably damaging the reputations of the restaurants that are wrongfully blamed for a poor dining experience.

According to the suit, Grubhub claimed it is working cooperatively with restaurants while it allegedly added more than 150,000 unaffiliated restaurants to its website and app without the restaurants’ permission.

The suit also alleges these unauthorized practices arose out of fears of losing market share to competitors including DoorDash and Uber Eats, where Grubhub then profited at the expense of restaurants.

The lawsuit seeks to represent restaurants or restaurant owners who have been added to Grubhub’s database without permission. If you believe your restaurant was affected, please reach out to us today.