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Subpoena issued for Twitter communication of journalist, others

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 12, 2019
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Charles Davis (Freelance)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 12, 2019: Pending
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Using obscure legal justification, NYPD subpoenas reporter's records

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 9, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: New York Post

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 9, 2019: Pending

Feb. 13, 2020: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Spokesman-Review subpoenaed in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 25, 2019
Location: Spokane, Washington
Targets: The Spokesman-Review

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 25, 2019: Pending

Jun. 1, 2021: Objected to

Jan. 10, 2023: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 25, 2019: Pending

Jun. 1, 2021: Objected to

Jan. 10, 2023: Upheld

Jan. 10, 2023: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Court grants motion to compel former editor to reveal confidential source

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 5, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Milo Yiannopoulos (Breitbart News)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 5, 2019: Pending

Oct. 14, 2020: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Fox News White House correspondent subpoenaed in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 1, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ellen Ratner (Fox News)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 18, 2019: Pending

Jan. 7, 2020: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Tech investor attempts to compel U.S. journalist to identify confidential source

Incident Details

Updated On: June 30, 2021
Date of Incident: October 31, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Marcus Baram (Fast Company)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Oct. 31, 2019: Pending

Feb. 18, 2020: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2020: Upheld

Jun. 30, 2021: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Journalists subpoenaed in criminal case involving intimidation, blackmail of the news organizations

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 10, 2019
Location: Independence, Kansas
Targets: Andy Taylor (Montgomery County Chronicle), Josh Umholtz (The Independence Daily Reporter), The Independence Daily Reporter

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Sep. 10, 2019: Pending
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

BuzzFeed reporter receives second subpoena in ongoing Unsworth-Musk defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated On: October 8, 2019
Date of Incident: September 6, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed News)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Sep. 6, 2019: Pending

Oct. 8, 2019: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

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