Consumer Law
Grubhub Faces a Lawsuit Over Illegally High Pandemic Fees
Online food delivery platform Grubhub charged some Massachusetts restaurants illegally high fees during the coronavirus pandemic, the state attorney general’s office alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
The suit, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, seeks refunds for those restaurants as well as civil penalties, the office said in a statement.
According to the suit, Grubhub violated legislation that prohibited third-party delivery service platforms from charging fees to restaurants that exceed 15% of an order’s menu price.
The fee cap went into effect on Jan. 14 and ended June 15 when Massachusetts’ state of emergency was lifted.
