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Fox News journalist subpoenaed for testimony in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated On: September 28, 2020
Date of Incident: January 7, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Malia Zimmerman (Fox News)

Subpoena Type →: Other testimony
Subpoena Status →: Upheld

Court upholds subpoena of Richmond Times-Dispatch in civil lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 7, 2020
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Targets: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Upheld

Spokesman-Review subpoenaed in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 25, 2019
Location: Spokane, Washington
Targets: The Spokesman-Review

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Quashed, Upheld

Court grants motion to compel former editor to reveal confidential source

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 5, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Milo Yiannopoulos (Breitbart News)

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Upheld

BuzzFeed reporter receives second subpoena in ongoing Unsworth-Musk defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Updated On: October 8, 2019
Date of Incident: September 6, 2019
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed News)

Subpoena Type →: Other testimony
Subpoena Status →: Upheld

New York Times reporter subpoenaed to testify in murder trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 27, 2018
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Frances Robles (The New York Times)

Subpoena Type →: Journalist communications or work product
Subpoena Status →: Upheld

Oberlin College subpoenas local newspaper editor in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 30, 2018
Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Targets: Jason Hawk (Oberlin News Tribune)

Subpoena Type →: Other testimony
Subpoena Status →: Upheld