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Chicago Sun-Times subpoenaed in Laquan McDonald murder case

Incident Details

Updated On: April 22, 2024
Date of Incident: January 29, 2018
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: Chicago Sun-Times

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 29, 2018: Pending

Unknown date: Objected to

Unknown date: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

Daily Herald subpoenaed in Laquan McDonald murder case

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 29, 2018
Location: Arlington Heights, Illinois
Targets: Daily Herald

Legal Orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Jan. 29, 2018: Pending
Legal Order Target →: Institution
Legal Order Venue →: State

New Hampshire prosecutor demands newspaper hand over unpublished interview

Incident Details

Updated On: April 3, 2018
Date of Incident: January 29, 2018
Location: Dover, New Hampshire
Targets: Brian Early (Foster’s Daily Democrat)

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

Jan. 29, 2018: Upheld

Feb. 7, 2018: Objected to

Apr. 3, 2018: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

KGTV journalist subpoenaed to testify about car accident he witnessed

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 13, 2018
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Paul Anderegg (KGTV)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 13, 2018: Pending

Feb. 14, 2018: Objected to

Mar. 29, 2018: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

DOJ secretly seizes phone and email records belonging to New York Times reporter Ali Watkins

Incident Details

Updated On: June 13, 2018
Date of Incident: February 13, 2018
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ali Watkins (The New York Times)

Legal Orders →: other for communications or work product

Feb. 13, 2018: Pending
Legal Order Target →: Third-party: Google (tech company)
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Freelance journalist subpoenaed by financial firm that he wrote about

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 14, 2018
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: Arun Gupta (The Nation)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Feb. 14, 2018: Pending

Feb. 28, 2018: Carried out
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Virginian-Pilot reporter subpoenaed to testify in councilman's forgery trial

Incident Details

Updated On: June 25, 2018
Date of Incident: March 1, 2018
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia
Targets: Scott Daugherty (Virginian-Pilot)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Mar. 1, 2018: Pending

Mar. 20, 2018: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Journalist Samantha Baars subpoenaed to testify in Jason Kessler trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: March 12, 2018
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Targets: Samantha Baars (C-VILLE Weekly)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Mar. 12, 2018: Pending

Mar. 19, 2018: Objected to

Mar. 20, 2018: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

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