D.C. Circuit Judges to Hear TikTok’s Challenge Against Federal Mandate for Sale or Shutdown

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has selected Judges Florence Pan, J. Michelle Childs, and Robert Wilkins to preside over TikTok’s legal challenge against a federal law that potentially mandates the sale or shutdown of the app in the United States. Oral arguments are scheduled for September. The dispute centers on the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which was signed into law by President Joe Biden last month, necessitating that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, divest from the platform within 270 days or face a prohibition on its operations within the U.S. Read more at Law.com.