TikTok turns to Supreme Court vets in case over potential US ban

Sept 5 (Reuters) - TikTok and a group of creators on the popular short video app have tapped a pair of leading U.S. Supreme Court lawyers to battle the U.S. government over a law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets or face a ban.

Andrew Pincus of law firm Mayer Brown will argue against the controversial U.S. law for TikTok and ByteDance when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit hears arguments in their case on Sept 16. Jeffrey Fisher of Stanford Law School will advocate for content creators.

They will face longtime appellate lawyer Daniel Tenny of the Justice Department, which is defending the law.

The Justice Department declined to comment, and TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for one.

TikTok and ByteDance are also represented by a team from law firm Covington & Burling, including Alexander Berengaut, who is lead counsel for the companies and co-leader of the firm’s government litigation group.

The creators’ lawyers also include Ambika Kumar, co-leader of the media law practice at Davis Wright Tremaine.

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