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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

IN RE: TIKTOK, INC., ) 

CONSUMER PRIVACY ) MDL No. 2948 

LITIGATION, ) 

 ) Master Docket No. 20 C 4699 

 ) 

 ) Judge John Z. Lee 

 ) 

 ) Magistrate Judge Sunil R. Harjani 

This Document Relates to All Cases ) 

EMERGENCY MOTION TO COMPEL DEFENDANTS AND SETTLING 

PLAINTIFFS TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT’S CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER 

NO. 1 

Undersigned Interim Plaintiffs’ Counsel respectfully move this Court for an order 

Compelling Defendants and the Settling Plaintiffs to immediately comply with Case Management 

Order No. 1 (the “CMO”) by: (1) disclosing to all Interim Counsel the terms and conditions of their 

purported settlement (pursuant to the standard mediation confidentiality agreement already entered 

into); (2) including undersigned Interim Counsel and all Interim Counsel in all aspects of the 

ongoing oral and written settlement discussions and negotiations between Defendants and the 

Settling Plaintiffs; and (3) meeting and conferring with all Interim Counsel on the other specific 

items in the CMO that Defendants and the Settling Plaintiffs have refused to address with 

undersigned Interim Counsel to date, including data preservation. 

In support of this Motion, undersigned Interim Counsel submit the Declaration of Ekwan 

E. Rhow and the exhibits attached thereto. Undersigned Interim Counsel have separately filed a 

Memorandum of Law in Support of this Motion. 

Respectfully submitted, 

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DATED: August 27, 2020 BIRD, MARELLA, BOXER, WOLPERT, NESSIM, 

DROOKS, LINCENBERG & RHOW, P.C. 

By: /s/ Ekwan E. Rhow 

 Ekwan E. Rhow 

BIRD, MARELLA, BOXER, WOLPERT, 

NESSIM, DROOKS, LINCENBERG 

& RHOW, P.C. 

1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor 

Telephone: (310) 201-2100 

Email: erhow@birdmarella.com 

MDL Interim Counsel 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Misty Hong, minor A.S., 

through her mother and legal guardian Laurel 

Slothower, and minor A.R., through her mother and 

legal guardian Gilda Avila 

DATED: August 27, 2020 GLANCY PRONGAY & MURRAY LLP 

By: /s/ Kara M. Wolke 

 Kara M. Wolke 

1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100 

Los Angeles, California 90067-2561 

Telephone: (310) 201-9150 

Los Angeles, California 90067-2561 

Email: info@glancylaw.com 

MDL Interim Counsel 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Misty Hong, minor A.S., 

through her mother and legal guardian Laurel 

Slothower, and minor A.R., through her mother and 

legal guardian Gilda Avila 

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DATED: August 27, 2020 PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP 

By: /s/ David M. Given 

 David M. Given 

39 Mesa Street, Suite 201, The Presidio 

San Francisco, CA 94129 

Telephone: (415) 398-0900 

Email: dmg@phillaw.com 

MDL Interim Counsel 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Meghan Smith, minors C.W. 

and I.W., through their mother and legal guardian 

Mikhaila Woodall, and minor R.P., through her 

mother and legal guardian Lynn Pavalon 

DATED: August 27, 2020 HAUSFELD LLP 

By: /s/ Megan E. Jones 

 Megan E. Jones 

600 Montgomery Street, Suite 3200 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 633-1908 

Email: mjones@hausfeld.com 

MDL Interim Counsel 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs minor P.S., through her legal 

guardian Cherise Slate, and minor M.T.W., through 

her legal guardian, Brenda Washington 

DATED: August 27, 2020 BURNS CHAREST LLP 

By: /s/ Amanda Klevorn 

Amanda Klevorn 

365 Canal Street, Suite 1170 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70115 

Telephone: (504) 779-2845 

Email: aklevorn@burnscharest.com 

MDL Interim Counsel 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs minor P.S., through her legal 

guardian Cherise Slate, and minor M.T.W., through 

her legal guardian, Brenda Washington 

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DATED: August 27, 2020 LAWRENCE KAMIN, LLP 

By: /s/ Peter E. Cooper 

 Peter E. Cooper 

300 S. Wacker Dr., Ste. 500 

Chicago, IL 60606 

Telephone: (312) 372-1947 

Email: pcooper@lawrencekamin.com 

MDL Interim Counsel 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Misty Hong, minor A.S., 

through her mother and legal guardian Laurel 

Slothower, and minor A.R., through her mother and 

legal guardian Gilda Avila, Meghan Smith, minors 

C.W. and I.W., through their mother and legal 

guardian Mikhaila Woodall, and minor R.P., through 

her mother and legal guardian Lynn Pavalon, P.S., 

through her legal guardian Cherise Slate, and minor 

M.T.W., through her legal guardian, Brenda 

Washington 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 I hereby certify that on August 27, 2020, the foregoing document was filed electronically 

through the Court’s Electronic Case Filing System. Service of this document is being made upon all 

counsel of record in this case by the Notice of Electronic Filing issues through the Court’s 

Electronic Case Filing System on this date. 

 /s/ Ekwan E. Rhow 

 Ekwan E. Rhow 

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