Judge Expands Injunction Halting Implementation Of Trump’s TikTok Ban

Mealey's (December 9, 2020, 8:42 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than two months after a District of Columbia federal judge preliminarily enjoined one of five prohibitions ordered by the secretary of Commerce to enforce President Donald J. Trump’s ban of TikTok Inc.’s social media app, the judge on Dec. 7 granted TikTok’s motion to enjoin the remaining prohibitions, finding that the company established that it was likely to succeed on its claims against the government and that it would suffer irreparable harm (TikTok Inc., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., No. 20-2658, D. D.C.)....