9th Circuit Grants Stay in Mont. AG’s Appeal, Pending Federal TikTok Law Decision

The 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court granted the parties’ joint motion to stay Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s (R) appeal to reverse the preliminary injunction that bars him from enforcing a statewide TikTok ban (see [Ref:2405220003), a clerk’s order said Wednesday (docket 24-34). The stay will remain until the D.C. Circuit resolves the TikTok/ByteDance petition challenging the constitutionality of the federal TikTok law, “or until further order of this court,” said the order. The parties must notify the court by filing a status report and joint motion for further relief within 30 days of a D.C. Circuit decision, it said.