Technical / TikTok employee agrees to drop suit against Trump administration

Patrick S Ryan, a TikTok employee who sued US President Donald Trump's administration over its possible ban of the app, has agreed to drop his case. In a filing, Ryan said both sides were asking the court to dismiss the case with prejudice. Earlier, the Trump administration gave ByteDance a 15-day extension to reach an agreement over TikTok's US business.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Nov 15, 2020, 04:20 PM
San Francisco: A TikTok employee who sued the Trump administration over its ban of the video-sharing app has agreed to drop his case.

Patrick S. Ryan submitted a filing dated November 13, stating that both sides were asking the court to dismiss the case with prejudice. No reason was given.

TikTok owner Bytedance Ltd. this week won a 15-day extension of its deadline to sell U.S. assets and the Commerce Department said it wouldn’t move forward with a ban on U.S. residents using the app, in light of two court injunctions.

The case is Ryan v. Trump, 20-CV-05948, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).