December 21, 2020
Federal courts kept international trade attorneys on their toes this year with a bevy of intriguing rulings, highlighted by several opinions parsing controversial Trump administration actions tying trade policy to the national security interests of the U.S. Here, Law360 breaks down five rulings that had trade lawyers buzzing in 2020.
December 07, 2020
Just days after the Trump administration's deadline for the divestiture of TikTok's U.S. business came and went without fanfare, a second federal judge blocked proposed restrictions on the app, saying Monday the administration likely acted arbitrarily and capriciously, overstepping its authority.
November 13, 2020
The Trump administration gave the Chinese owner of popular short-form video app TikTok an extra 15 days to resolve national security issues with the platform before it's forced to sell the app, the company told the D.C. Circuit Friday.
November 10, 2020
TikTok parent ByteDance asked the D.C. Circuit to review a Trump administration order that could force the parent to divest the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app by Thursday, noting that it is in the middle of negotiations with Oracle and Walmart and has gotten mixed information from the administration.
November 04, 2020
A D.C. federal judge appeared skeptical Wednesday over whether he could block another set of government restrictions that would effectively bar TikTok Inc. from operating in the U.S., saying the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app seemed to be protected by a Pennsylvania district court's nationwide injunction.
September 28, 2020
A D.C. federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's attempt to ban TikTok from U.S. app stores likely violated sanctions laws by targeting users' personal communications, according to an opinion unsealed Monday.
September 27, 2020
A D.C. federal judge halted the Trump administration's effort to ban TikTok from U.S. app stores Sunday, throwing the popular social media platform a lifeline while it litigates against the government.
September 25, 2020
The Trump administration continued its push to ban TikTok from U.S. app stores Friday, telling a D.C. federal judge that the security risks posed by the popular social media platform are "unacceptable" and any new downloads of the app must be squashed until the company is officially paired with Oracle.
September 24, 2020
A D.C. federal judge ordered the Trump administration to respond to TikTok by Friday afternoon if it wants to continue with its planned ban of the popular social media app on Sunday, a deadline the administration's attorneys called "extremely short."
September 23, 2020
TikTok Inc. and its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. urged a D.C. federal court on Wednesday to block the Trump administration's plans to outlaw U.S. downloads of the popular short-form video sharing app while a lawsuit over the ban plays out.