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Illinois county drops subpoena for government watchdog’s communications

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 25, 2020
Location: Effingham County, Illinois
Targets: Edgar County Watchdogs

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

March 25, 2020: Pending

April 7, 2020: Dropped
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: State

AP photographer ordered to delete photos, leave Liberty University campus

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 24, 2020
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 26 (The Associated Press)

Equipment damaged →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Private security

California community blog subpoenaed in ongoing lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated on: May 12, 2021
Date of incident: March 13, 2020
Location: Fullerton, California
Targets: David Curlee (Friends for Fullerton’s Future), Joshua Ferguson (Friends for Fullerton’s Future), Friends for Fullerton’s Future

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WikiLeaks subpoenaed in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 13, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: WikiLeaks

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 24, 2020: Pending

March 29, 2021: Unknown
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Appellate judge rules California blog can publish — but not destroy — city records

Incident Details

Updated on: May 12, 2021
Date of incident: March 12, 2020
Location: Fullerton, California
Targets: Friends for Fullerton’s Future

Status of prior restraint →: Struck down
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Journalist subpoenaed for testimony about confidential sources in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 29, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Seymour “Sy” Hersh (Independent)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Feb. 29, 2020: Pending

April 23, 2020: Upheld

May 8, 2020: Pending

July 15, 2020: Carried out

March 29, 2021: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Five members of neo-Nazi group arrested for alleged targeted harassment of journalists

Incident Details

Updated on: January 11, 2022
Date of incident: February 26, 2020
Location: Multiple
Targets: ProPublica

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Virginia circuit court quashes subpoena seeking investigative journalist’s voicemail

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 21, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Kerri O’Brien (WRIC-TV)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 1, 2020: Pending

Feb. 18, 2020: Objected to

Feb. 21, 2020: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

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