DoorDash Must Defend Chicago’s Consumer Deception Lawsuit (1)

DoorDash Inc. will face Chicago’s unfair business practices suit because the city’s complaint plausibly alleges that reasonable consumers would be deceived by the food delivery service’s statements, a federal court in Illinois said.

The decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois allows the city’s suit accusing DoorDash of engaging in unfair and deceptive business practices to proceed, but doesn’t have any bearing on which party ultimately will prevail.

DoorDash, in an email to Bloomberg Law, said it’s “confident” that once the court has the actual facts, it will be clear that the city’s suit is ...