IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

IN RE: TIKTOK INC. CONSUMER 

PRIVACY LITIGATION 

This Document Relates to: 

Case Nos. 1:22-cv-07256 

1:23-cv-00134 

1:23-cv-00225 

1:23-cv-00504 

1:23-cv-00841 

1:23-cv-01430

MDL No. 2948 

Master Docket No. 20-cv-04699 

Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

JOINT STATUS REPORT

 Pursuant to the Court’s minute entries dated January 17, and February 15, 2023 (ECF Nos. 

285, 290), TikTok Inc., Plaintiff Nate Rahn, Plaintiff Cinnamon Smith, Plaintiff Alison Paige, 

Plaintiff Marrchelle Tanzymore, Plaintiff Carolyn Smith, Plaintiff Anibeth Bravo, Plaintiff Katie 

Murphy, Plaintiff Artemis Buckley and Plaintiff Melanie Tado hereby jointly file this status report. 

A. The JPML Ruling and the Transferred Actions

1. On April 7, 2023, following a hearing held March 30, 2023, the JPML issued an order 

(attached hereto as Exhibit A) (the “JPML Order”) transferring five actions that were filed against 

TikTok in late 2022 to this District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, and ordering the actions be 

assigned to this Court to “proceed ... as part of MDL No. 2948” (the “Transferred Actions”). In re: 

TikTok Inc., Consumer Priv. Litig., No. 1:20-cv-04699 (MDL No. 2948) (N.D. Ill.), ECF No. 293. 

Each of the Transferred Actions involves allegations that TikTok violated the Federal Wiretap Act 

and related laws by allegedly “track[ing] users’ activities on third-party websites” via its “in-app 

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browser.” JPML Order at 1. The JPML held that the Transferred Actions “share common questions 

of fact with the actions previously transferred to MDL No. 2948.” JPML Order at 3. 

B. The Related Actions Pending in this District

2. There are currently six additional, related cases pending in this District that involve 

substantially the same privacy claims regarding TikTok’s alleged collection of user data via its inapp browser, which were not included as part of the JPML Order because they are already in this 

District (collectively, the “N.D. Ill. Related Actions”): 

 Rahn v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:22-cv-07256 (N.D. Ill. filed Dec. 27, 2022); 

 Smith v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:23-cv-00134 (N.D. Ill. filed Jan. 10, 2023); 

 Bravo v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:23-cv-00225 (N.D. Ill. filed Jan. 13, 2023); 

 Murphy v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:23-cv-00504 (N.D. Ill. filed Jan. 26, 2023); 

 Buckley v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:23-cv-00841 (N.D. Ill. filed Feb. 10, 2023); and 

 Tado v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:23-cv-01430 (N.D. Ill. filed Mar. 8, 2023). 

3. Pursuant to Case Management Order No. 1 in this MDL (ECF No. 4), shortly after 

each of these cases was filed, TikTok Inc. filed Tag-Along Notices with this Court identifying each 

as involving “questions of fact or law that are common to the actions assigned to MDL.” ECF Nos. 

281 (Rahn Notice), 284 (Smith Notice), 286 (Bravo Notice), 287 (Murphy Notice), 291 (Buckley 

Notice), 292 (Tado Notice). 

4. As stated in Case Management Order No. 1, “[a]ny ‘tag-along actions’ later filed in, 

removed to or transferred to this Court, or directly filed in the Northern District of Illinois, will 

automatically be consolidated with this action without the necessity of future motions or orders.” But 

to date, the Court has not yet initiated an intra-district transfer of the N.D. Ill. Related Actions to this 

MDL. 

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5. Consistent with the JPML Order and the Court’s Case Management Order No. 1, the 

parties jointly agree and request that all of the N.D. Ill. Related Actions be promptly assigned to this 

Court for pretrial purposes. 

C. The Related Actions Subject to CTO-6

6. In addition to the Transferred Actions and the N.D. Ill. Related Actions, there are six 

more related cases currently pending outside the Northern District of Illinois (“CTO-6 Related 

Actions”): 

 Androshchuk v. TikTok Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00108 (C.D. Cal. filed Jan. 9, 2023); 

 Albaran v. TikTok Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00486 (C.D. Cal. filed Jan. 23, 2023); 

 G.R. v. TikTok Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00509 (C.D. Cal. filed Jan. 23, 2023); 

 Schulte v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:23-cv-00362 (N.D. Ga. filed Jan. 24, 2023); 

 Moody v. TikTok Inc., No. 2:23-cv-01075 (C.D. Cal. filed Feb. 13, 2023); and 

 Fugok v. TikTok Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00779 (E.D. Pa. filed Feb. 28, 2023). 

7. Shortly after the JPML Order transferring and assigning the Transferred Actions to 

this Court, the JPML issued a new Conditional Transfer Order No. 6 (“CTO-6”) conditionally 

transferring the CTO-6 Related Actions to this Court. See In re: TikTok, Inc., Consumer Priv. Litig., 

MDL No. 2948 (J.P.M.L. Apr. 11, 2023), ECF No. 158, filed in this Court, No. 1:20-cv-04699 (N.D. 

Ill., Apr. 19, 2023), ECF 294. The JPML set a deadline of April 18, 2023, for any party to file an 

opposition to CTO-6. See In re: TikTok, Inc., Consumer Priv. Litig., MDL No. 2948 (J.P.M.L. Apr. 

11, 2023), ECF No. 159. 

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8. No opposition has been filed. On April 19, 2023, the JPML issued a second order 

transferring the CTO-6 Related Actions to this Court, which will be effective as soon as that order is 

filed with the Clerk of the Court in this District. See In re: TikTok, Inc., Consumer Priv. Litig., MDL 

No. 2948 (J.P.M.L. Apr. 11, 2023), ECF No. 160. 

9. Accordingly, TikTok anticipates that the CTO-6 Related Actions will likewise be 

transferred to this Court in short order. 

* * * 

10. In sum, for the reasons set forth herein, the parties jointly agree and request that the 

Court promptly transfer the following N.D. Ill. Related Actions to MDL No. 2948 for pretrial 

purposes: 

 Rahn v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:22-cv-07256 (N.D. Ill. filed Dec. 27, 2022); 

 Smith v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:23-cv-00134 (N.D. Ill. filed Jan. 10, 2023); 

 Bravo v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:23-cv-00225 (N.D. Ill. filed Jan. 13, 2023); 

 Murphy v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:23-cv-00504 (N.D. Ill. filed Jan. 26, 2023); 

 Buckley v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:23-cv-00841 (N.D. Ill. filed Feb. 10, 2023); and 

 Tado v. TikTok Inc., No. 1:23-cv-01430 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 3, 2023). 

Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: April 21, 2023 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Anthony J Weibell 

Anthony J Weibell 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

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Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 

Email: aweibell@wsgr.com 

Lead Counsel for all Defendants in MDL No. 2948 

Dated: April 21, 2023 /s/ Jonathan M. Jagher 

Jonathan M. Jagher 

FREED KANNER LONDON & MILLEN LLC 

923 Fayette Street 

Conshohocken, PA 19428 

610.234.6486 

jjagher@fklmlaw.com 

Katrina Carroll 

LYNCH CARPENTER, LLP 

111 W. Washington St. Suite 1240 

Chicago IL 60602 

312.750.1265 

katrina@lcllp.com 

Gary M. Klinger 

MILBERG COLEMAN BRYSON 

PHILLIPS GROSSMAN, PLLC 

227 W. Monroe Street, Suite 2100 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

Telephone: (866) 252-0878 

gklinger@milberg.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff Nate Rahn 

Dated: April 21, 2023 /s/ Jeff Ostrow 

Jeff Ostrow 

Steven P. Sukert 

Jonathan M. Streisfeld 

KOPELOWITZ OSTROW FERGUSON 

WEISELBERG GILBERT 

One West Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

Telephone: (954) 525-4100 

ostrow@kolawyers.com 

sukert@kolawyes.com 

 streisfeld@kolawyers.com

Counsel for Plaintiffs Cinnamon Smith, Alison Paige, 

Marrchelle Tanzymore and Carolyn Smith 

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Dated: April 21, 2023 /s/ Michael R. Reese 

 Michael R. Reese 

REESE LLP 

100 West 93rd Street, 16th Floor 

New York, New York 10025 

Telephone: (212) 643-0500 

mreese@reesellp.com 

Kevin Laukaitis 

LAUKAITIS LAW FIRM LLC 

737 Bainbridge Street #155 

Philadelphia, PA 19147 

 klaukaitis@laukaitislaw.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff Anibeth Bravo 

Dated: April 21, 2023 /s/ Bryan Paul Thompson 

Bryan Paul Thompson 

 Robert W. Harrer 

 CHICAGO CONSUMER LAW CENTER, P.C. 

650 Warrenville Road, Suite 100 

Lisle, IL 60532 

Tel. 312-858-3239 

Fax 312-610-5646 

bryan.thompson@cclc-law.com 

rob.harrer@cclc-law.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff Katie Murphy

 

Dated: April 21, 2023 /s/ Kyle J. Pozan 

Karen Hanson Riebel (MN # 0219770) 

Kate M. Baxter-Kauf (MN # 392037) 

Kyle J. Pozan (IL Bar No. 6306761) 

LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P. 

100 Washington Avenue South 

Suite 2200 

Minneapolis, MN 55401 

Telephone: (612) 339-6900 

Facsimile: (612) 339-0981 

khriebel@locklaw.com 

kmbaxter-kauf@locklaw.com 

 kjpozan@locklaw.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff Artemis Buckley 

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Dated: April 21, 2023 /s/ Yitzchak Zelman 

 Yitzchak Zelman, Esq. 

 MARCUS & ZELMAN, LLC 

 701 Cookman Avenue, Suite 300 

Asbury Park, New Jersey 07712 

 Phone: (732) 695-3282 

yzelman@marcuszelman.com 

MaryBeth V. Gibson 

THE FINLEY FIRM, P.C. 

3535 Piedmont Rd. 

Building 14, Suite 230 

Atlanta, GA 30305 

Phone: (404) 978-6971 

Fax: (404) 320-9978 

mgibson@thefinleyfirm.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff Melanie Tado

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