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Missouri attorney general subpoenas Media Matters after report on X

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 25, 2024
Location: Jefferson City, Missouri
Targets: Media Matters for America

Legal Orders →: other for communications or work product

Mar. 25, 2024: Pending

Unknown date: Objected to
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Court blocks Trump subpoena over Stormy Daniels documentary on NBC

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 11, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: NBCUniversal

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Mar. 11, 2024: Pending

Mar. 20, 2024: Objected to

Apr. 5, 2024: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

New Yorker reporter subpoenaed by federal government in criminal trial

Incident Details

Updated On: March 4, 2024
Date of Incident: February 15, 2024
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Eric Lach (The New Yorker)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 15, 2024: Pending

Feb. 19, 2024: Objected to

Mar. 4, 2024: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Judge lifts Indybay gag order over voided search warrant

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 24, 2024
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Indybay

Legal Orders →: warrant for communications or work product

Jan. 24, 2024: Pending

Feb. 3, 2024: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Status of Prior Restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly Released Materials? →: No

U.S. News subpoenaed for documents by San Francisco city attorney

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 9, 2024
Location: San Francisco, California
Case number: 3:24-cv-00395
Targets: U.S. News & World Report
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 9, 2024: Pending

Jan. 23, 2024: Objected to
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

U.S. News subpoenaed about hospital rankings by city attorney

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 9, 2024
Location: San Francisco, California
Case number: 3:24-cv-00395
Targets: U.S. News & World Report
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Jan. 9, 2024: Pending

Jan. 23, 2024: Objected to
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Texas attorney general subpoenas Media Matters after report on X

Incident Details

Updated On: April 12, 2024
Date of Incident: December 1, 2023
Location: Austin, Texas
Case number: 1:24-cv-00147
Targets: Media Matters for America
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Legal Orders →: other for communications or work product

Dec. 1, 2023: Pending

Dec. 11, 2023: Objected to

Apr. 12, 2024: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Chilling Statement

Newsmax ordered to turn over journalists’ texts in Dominion defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 1, 2023
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Targets: Newsmax Media

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

Dec. 1, 2023: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

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