Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom withdrew on Friday from representing the social media video app TikTok as the company seeks to shield sensitive information in the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Meta.

A Skadden team entered the case on Aug. 15, filing a motion to prevent in-house lawyers for Meta, which owns the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, from viewing highly confidential information TikTok produces pursuant to a subpoena in the FTC case. The filing noted that TikTok’s attorneys were negotiating with Meta to narrow the scope of the subpoena.

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