Chicago Judge Sets Oct. 2 Status Hearing in CapCut Class Action vs. ByteDance

U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman for Northern Illinois in Chicago scheduled an in-person status hearing Oct. 2 at 9:45 a.m. CDT in the class action in which three CapCut users allege the ByteDance videoediting app “facilitates” the unlawful collection “of a wide range of private information from users, including their biometric information” (see 2307300001), said a docket entry notification Tuesday (docket 1:23-cv-04953]). Coleman ordered the parties to meet and discuss the status of the case, and to file a joint status report at least three days before the Oct. 2 hearing, said the notification.