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Oregon Public Broadcasting reporter shoved by Portland police

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 6, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Sergio Olmos (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Independent journalist pushed, hit with munitions by police while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 30, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: Tuck Woodstock (Freelance)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Unknown

Portland photojournalist struck with pepper balls while covering Portland protest

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: June 19, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: John Rudoff (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Independent photojournalist hit projectiles fired by Portland federal agents

Incident Details

Updated on: March 5, 2025
Date of incident: July 19, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Case number: 3:20-cv-01035
Targets: John Rudoff (Independent)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

More than 75 Lee Enterprises newspapers affected by cyberattack

Incident Details

Updated on: February 27, 2025
Date of incident: February 3, 2025
Location: Davenport, Iowa
Targets: Lee Enterprises

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Mississippi newspaper ordered to remove editorial critical of city officials

Incident Details

Updated on: February 26, 2025
Date of incident: February 18, 2025
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Targets: The Clarksdale Press Register

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: No

Paramount Global subpoenaed in music copyright suit

Incident Details

Updated on: February 12, 2025
Date of incident: August 8, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Paramount Global

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 8, 2024: Pending

Sept. 18, 2024: Objected to

Feb. 12, 2025: Quashed

subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 8, 2024: Pending

Sept. 18, 2024: Objected to

Feb. 12, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

Production company Zero Point Zero subpoenaed in music copyright suit

Incident Details

Updated on: February 12, 2025
Date of incident: August 8, 2024
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Zero Point Zero Production

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 8, 2024: Pending

Sept. 18, 2024: Objected to

Feb. 12, 2025: Quashed

subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 8, 2024: Pending

Sept. 18, 2024: Objected to

Feb. 12, 2025: Quashed
Legal order target →: Institution
Legal order venue →: Federal

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