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A Grubhub spokesperson said the company has \"sought to engage in a constructive dialogue with the DC Attorney General’s office to help them understand our business and to see if there were any areas for improvement\" in a written statement to ABC News.

\"We are disappointed they have moved forward with this lawsuit, because our practices have always complied with DC law, and in any event, many of the practices at issue have been discontinued,\" the spokesperson said. \"We will aggressively defend our business in court and look forward to continuing to serve DC restaurants and diners.\"

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The state of Massachusetts also sued Grubhub in July, alleging the company charged restaurants illegally high fees that violated a law capping the amount that third-party delivery services could charge during the pandemic.

\"While we do not believe the temporary price control was either legal or appropriate, we complied with it while it was in effect and for an additional month after it expired,\" Grubhub said in a statement at the time, calling the allegations \"baseless.\"

In September, Grubhub was among three of the nation's largest food delivery apps, including DoorDash and Uber Eats, to sue New York City over pandemic fee caps, calling the caps government overreach.

New York City enacted the price cap, which limited the rate that third-party platforms could charge restaurants at 15% of an online order for delivery services, as well as 5% for all other services, including marketing, in May 2020 in response to the pandemic, the Associated Press reported.

New York Law Department spokesman Nicholas Paolucci said in response to the lawsuit that the city’s initiative is legally sound and will be defended in court, according to the AP. The lawsuit is ongoing.

ABC News' Michelle Stoddard contributed to this report.

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