Uber Technologies, a major player in food delivery through its Uber Eats platform, will proceed with its antitrust lawsuit against rival DoorDash after a California Superior Court judge denied most of DoorDash’s motion to dismiss. Uber filed the lawsuit in February 2025, accusing DoorDash of using unlawful tactics to pressure restaurants into signing exclusive first-party delivery contracts. The suit cites testimony from over a dozen restaurant brands that reportedly ended their agreements with Uber following threats from DoorDash involving higher fees or other penalties. DoorDash challenged the lawsuit in April 2025, calling the claims baseless and arguing that Uber was turning to legal means because it could not compete effectively.
DoorDash holds exclusive or preferred delivery deals with more than 90 of the 100 largest restaurant brands, according to the lawsuit. The judge allowed five of DoorDash’s six objections to be overruled and permitted Uber to amend the sixth. The case now moves into the discovery phase. An Uber spokesperson stated, “Restaurants rely on Uber Eats to grow their businesses with transparency and freedom of choice, and they know that being forced into unfair terms or threatened with retaliation isn’t competition—it’s coercion.” DoorDash responded, stating, “We believe that as this case plays out, the facts will make clear that this lawsuit is nothing more than a scare tactic from a company struggling to innovate and seeking to avoid real competition.”
