Sep. 6, 2023
Wrongful termination lawsuit against ByteDance sent to state court
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston dismissed the plaintiff’s claim related to infringement of other sites’ data and also denied ByteDance’s motion to compel arbitration.
A wrongful termination lawsuit against ByteDance Inc., parent company of TikTok, by a former executive was remanded from federal to state court in San Francisco after the plaintiff agreed not to pursue an intellectual property infringement claim.
The plaintiff, Yintao Yu, claimed that he was fired in July 2018 in retaliation for his whistle-blowing about the company’s alleged practice of “scraping” other social media platforms for their in...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In