Taj J. Clayton and Philip Cooper of Kirkland & Ellis have stepped in to represent Meta Platforms in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint, filed in Collin County, Texas, was removed on Nov. 23 to Texas Eastern District Court. The suit alleges violations of a 2022 Texas law prohibiting large social media companies from banning users’ posts based on their political viewpoints. TikTok is represented by counsel at Vinson & Elkins and Ballard Spahr. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III, is 4:22-cv-01001, Davis v. TikTok Inc. et al.
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