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Boston TV station turns over interview recordings, notes ahead of murder trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 7, 2025
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: WFXT

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 7, 2025: Pending

Feb. 19, 2025: Upheld

March 3, 2025: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

New Yorker writer subpoenaed ahead of Massachusetts murder trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 18, 2024
Location: Brockton, Massachusetts
Targets: Eren Orbey (The New Yorker), Condé Nast

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Dec. 18, 2024: Pending

Feb. 7, 2025: Upheld

March 14, 2025: Objected to
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Journalist ordered to turn over notes, communications around murder trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 21, 2024
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: Gretchen Voss (Boston magazine)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 21, 2024: Pending

Nov. 26, 2023: Objected to

Dec. 5, 2024: Upheld

Jan. 7, 2025: Objected to

Jan. 31, 2025: Partially upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Miami Herald subpoenaed in connection with airline defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 31, 2024
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Targets: Miami Herald

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 31, 2024: Pending

Nov. 5, 2024: Objected to

Nov. 19, 2024: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

News outlet subpoenaed by state of Texas in its suit against Google

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 22, 2024
Location: Midland, Texas
Targets: 404 Media

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 22, 2024: Pending

Dec. 6, 2024: Objected to
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Boston TV station complies with order for interview recordings, notes

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 18, 2024
Location: Dedham, Massachusetts
Targets: WFXT

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Oct. 18, 2024: Pending

Dec. 5, 2024: Upheld

Jan. 3, 2025: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Journalists ordered to reveal sources in harassment suit against eBay

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 25, 2024
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Targets: David Steiner (EcommerceBytes), Ina Steiner (EcommerceBytes)

Legal Orders →: Motion to compel for communications or work product

Sept. 25, 2024: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Filmmaker subpoenaed in connection with Illinois wrongful conviction suit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 5, 2024
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Margaret Byrne (Beti Films)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Sept. 5, 2024: Pending

Sept. 16, 2024: Objected to

Sept. 25, 2024: Pending

Oct. 16, 2024: Objected to

Nov. 22, 2024: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

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