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to compete his sentence in this Representing Brinson is Thom-
case, are part of consequences of as Murphy, a managing member
using his law license to defraud with Cowdery & Murphy in Hart-
others.” In a two-sentence ruling, ford.
Meyer wrote: “The court
Brinson said Tuesday: “I miss grants defendant’s motion Murphy said, “Corey is a good
the practice of law and I really for early termination of person who made a bad mistake
want to get back to helping peo- and he knows it. He knows he
ple, specifically from Hartford. supervised release on the has a lot of work to do to regain
Many of those people lack access basis of his conduct since admission to the bar, but he has
to lawyers of color.” release from imprisonment definitely made important steps
Brinson said he has two jobs so far.”
now, but returning to the practice and in the interests of Thomas Carson, a spokesman
of law would allow him to earn justice.”
for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in
“four times what I do now” and Connecticut, declined to com-
would allow him to pay back the ment for this report.
restitution he owes. ¦

Brinson currently works doing criminal justice Robert Storace covers legal trends, lawsuits and
lobbying for a New York City-based nonprofit and analysis for the Connecticut Law Tribune. Follow
has his own business helping individuals with fed- him on Twitter @RobertSCTLaw or reach him at
eral prison consulting, 203-437-5950.

TikTok’s Other Trouble:
An MDL of Privacy Class Actions

By Amanda Bronstad
As the political debate deepens over its own-
ership, TikTok Inc. faces a separate fight in
court, as a federal judicial panel Tuesday co-
ordinated nearly 20 privacy class actions against the
Chinese-based media app.
On July 31, President Donald Trump, citing na-
tional security concerns, threatened to ban TikTok,
owned by ByteDance in Beijing. But, on Monday,
he encouraged Microsoft Corp., or another “very
American” company, to purchase TikTok, which
otherwise could face a shutdown in the United
States by Sept. 15.
TikTok is a defendant in 19 lawsuits that allege it did not
TikTok, meanwhile, is a defendant in 19 lawsuits inform users, who include minors, that it was collecting
that allege it did not inform users, who include mi- their biometric data.

nors, that it was collecting their biometric data. On Illinois before U.S. District Judge John Lee, who al-
Tuesday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict ready is overseeing several of the cases.
Litigation sent the cases to the Northern District of
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