IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

IN RE: TIKTOK INC. CONSUMER 

PRIVACY LITIGATION 

MDL No. 2948 

No.1:20-cv-04699 

 Hon. John Z. Lee 

E.R., a Minor, through her Guardian, L.H., 

K.M., a Minor, through her Guardian, C.M., 

D.M., a minor, through her Guardian, D.H., 

L.B., a minor, by and through his or her 

guardian, Molly Janik, H.S., a Minor, through 

her Guardian, J.S., N.T. and L.T., minors, by 

and through their guardian, Darcy Tellone, 

S.P., J.P., K.P., G.P., minors, by and through 

their guardian, Katie Patterman, each 

individually and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

TIKTOK, INC. and BYTEDANCE, INC., 

 Defendants. 

No. 1:20-cv-02810 

 CONSOLIDATED ACTION 

 Hon. John Z. Lee 

JOINT STATUS REPORT 

As ordered by this Court on June 18, 2020 [ECF No. 37], Plaintiffs and Defendants 

submit this joint status report and state as follows: 

1. This Consolidated Action includes seven of the nineteen cases subject to the 

recent centralization order issued by the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (“JPML”) on 

August 4, 2020 selecting this Court as the transferee district (hereinafter the “MDL”). See

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Exhibit A attached hereto. The administrative transfer of cases subject to the JPML’s Transfer 

Order has not yet been completed. 

2. This Court appointed Katrina Carroll as interim lead Plaintiffs’ counsel for this 

Consolidated Action, pending the JPML proceedings. [ECF No. 18]. During the pendency of the 

proceedings before the JPML, Ms. Carroll worked successfully with defense counsel to arrange 

for and schedule a global mediation of all claims subject to the JPML petition. 

3. All counsel in the Consolidated Action, along with counsel in every other case 

subject to the JPML proceedings (except for counsel in the Consolidated Northern District of 

California action) worked cooperatively and efficiently in preparing for the mediation and, more 

generally, throughout the history of this litigation. On August 13, 2020, representatives on 

behalf of 11 of 19 cases in the MDL (together with defense counsel, the “Settling Parties”) 

participated in a 12-hour mediation session with the Honorable Layn Phillips. 

4. As a result of the good work of Judge Phillips, and all participating parties and 

their counsel, the Settling Parties reached a settlement in principle, subject to certain conditions, 

which will resolve all of the claims asserted in the MDL, on a class-wide basis. 

5. Defendant TikTok is currently subject to a presidential executive order issued 

August 6, 2020 that threatens to ban TikTok from conducting business in the United States. 

TikTok is also reportedly a potential target for acquisition by multiple third parties, as mentioned 

in recent news articles. In light of these factors, it is imperative to TikTok to maintain the 

mediation privilege and strict confidentiality concerning the terms of the settlement until the 

settlement is disclosed publicly and to this Court, as part of the settlement approval process 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23. 

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6. The Settling Parties anticipate finalizing the settlement, satisfying the necessary 

conditions, and being able to file a motion for preliminary approval of the settlement within 90 

days. 

7. The Settling Parties support a stay of the cases comprising the MDL, pending the 

filing of the motion for preliminary approval of the settlement. The Settling Parties further 

suggest that this Court schedule the initial status conference for the MDL on the same date as the 

hearing for preliminary approval of the settlement, which should occur on or before November 

16, 2020. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Date: August 16, 2020 CARLSON LYNCH LLP 

/s/ Katrina Carroll

Katrina Carroll 

kcarroll@carlsonlynch.com 

Kyle A. Shamberg 

kshamberg@ carlsonlynch.com 

Nicholas R. Lange 

nlange@carlsonlynch.com 

111 W. Washington Street, Suite 1240 

Chicago, IL 60602 

Telephone: (312) 750-1265 

Interim Lead Counsel 

Douglas A. Millen 

Brian M. Hogan 

FREED KANNER LONDON & 

 MILLEN LLC 

2201 Waukegan Road, Suite 130 

Bannockburn, Illinois 60015 

Tel.: (224) 632-4500 

Fax: (224) 632-4521 

dmillen@fklmlaw.com 

bhogan@fklmlaw.com 

 

Jonathan M. Jagher 

Kimberly A. Justice 

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FREED KANNER LONDON & 

 MILLEN LLC 

923 Fayette St. 

Conshohocken, PA 19428 

Tel.: (610) 234-6487 

Fax: (224) 632-4521 

jjagher@fklmlaw.com 

kjustice@fklmlaw.com 

Jennifer W. Sprengel 

Daniel O. Herrera 

Nickolas J. Hagman 

CAFFERTY CLOBES MERIWETHER 

 & SPRENGEL LLP 

150 S. Wacker, Suite 3000 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

Telephone: 312-782-4880 

Facsimile: 318-782-4485 

jsprengel@caffertyclobes.com 

dherrera@caffertyclobes.com 

nhagman@caffertyclobes.com 

Joseph G. Sauder 

Joseph B. Kenney 

SAUDER SCHELKOPF LLC 

1109 Lancaster Avenue 

Berwyn, PA 19312 

Telephone: (610) 200-0580 

Fax: (610) 421-1326 

jgs@sstriallawyers.com 

jbk@sstriallawyers.com 

Richard R. Gordon 

GORDON LAW OFFICES, LTD. 

111 West Washington Street 

Suite 1240 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

Tel: (312) 332-5200 

Fax: (312) 242-4966 

rrg@gordonlawchicago.com 

James B. Zouras 

Ryan F. Stephan 

Andrew C. Ficzko 

Megan E. Shannon 

STEPHAN ZOURAS, LLP 

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100 N. Riverside Plaza, 

Suite 2150 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

312.233.1550 

312.233.1560 f 

rstephan@stephanzouras.com 

jzouras@stephanzouras.com 

aficzko@stephanzouras.com 

mshannon@stephanzouras.com 

Erik H. Langeland (pro hac vice 

forthcoming) 

733 Third Avenue, 15th Floor 

New York, N.Y. 10017 

(212) 354-6270 

elangeland@langelandlaw.com 

Jon A. Tostrud (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

TOSTRUD LAW GROUP, P.C. 

1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

(310) 278-2600 

jtostrud@tostrudlaw.com 

Elizabeth A. Fegan 

FEGAN SCOTT LLC 

150 S. Wacker Dr., 24th Floor 

Chicago, IL 60606 

Phone: 312.741.1019 

Fax: 312.264.0100 

beth@feganscott.com 

Melissa Ryan Clark (pro hac vice application forthcoming) 

Jonathan D. Lindenfeld (pro hac vice application 

forthcoming) 

FEGAN SCOTT LLC 

140 Broadway, 46th Floor 

New York, NY 10005 

Phone: 332.216.2101 

Fax: 917.725.9346 

melissa@feganscott.com 

jonathan@feganscott.com

Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Putative Class 

Date: August 16, 2020 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

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 Professional Corporation 

/s/ Anthony J Weibell 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 

Email: aweibell@wsgr.com 

Counsel for Defendants ByteDance Inc. and TikTok 

Inc. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on August 16, 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 issued through the Court’s 

Electronic Case Filing System on this date. 

/s/ Katrina Carroll 

Katrina Carroll 

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