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New Yorker staff writer subpoenaed for 'all documents' around 2014 article

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Date of Incident: February 22, 2019
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Nicholas Schmidle (The New Yorker)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 22, 2019: Pending

Nov. 8, 2019: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Second subpoena issued for content of Illinois watchdog’s Dropbox account

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Updated On: July 10, 2019
Date of Incident: February 22, 2019
Location: Algonquin Township, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 22, 2019: Pending

Sep. 23, 2019: Objected to

Jul. 10, 2019: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Third-party: Dropbox (tech company)
Legal Order Venue →: State