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Ridesharing app Uber settled a civil lawsuit with the district attorneys in Los Angeles and San Francisco over claims that the company overstated the rigor of its background checks. As part of the settlement the company, which is valued at over $64 billion, will pay up to $25 million to the respective cities.

The claim was that Uber misled customers about its pre-screening process for drivers, suggesting that they were “industry-leading” and “the gold standard” despite the fact that last year, the New York Times reported that district attorneys in both Los Angeles and San Fransisco found that background checks used by Uber missed the criminal records of 25 of its drivers.

Uber’s settlement comes as the company continues to wage battles with municipalities around the U.S. over background checks. In Austin, the company fought a long battle over proposed fingerprint registrations for drivers. A 2014 New York Times article found that Uber and its competitor Lyft lobbied against fingerprint-based background checks in courthouses across the country.

Meanwhile, incidents involving Uber drivers have continued to occur this year. In February, Jason Brian Dalton, a 45-year-old Uber driver who claimed the app “literally took over his mind and body,” murdered six people during a shooting spree in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

District attorney of San Francisco George Gascón said in a statement,“the result we achieved today goes well beyond its impact on Uber, It sends a clear message to all businesses, and to start-ups in particular, that in the quest to quickly obtain market share, laws designed to protect consumers cannot be ignored.”

Uber admits no wrongdoing in the settlement.