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Chicago CBS affiliate ordered to turn over unedited interview footage

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 3, 2020
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: WBBM-TV

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

Spokesman-Review editor subpoenaed for information about agreement with Spokane sheriff

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 21, 2021
Location: Spokane, Washington
Targets: Rob Curley (The Spokesman-Review)

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

Federal judge upholds subpoena demanding unreleased materials from Chicago’s CBS2 News

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 26, 2021
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Targets: WBBM-TV CBS2

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

Former BuzzFeed reporter ordered to submit documents in lawsuit against Kevin Spacey

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 6, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Adam Vary (BuzzFeed News)

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

Podcast producers release unaired materials after subpoena upheld

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 22, 2021
Location: San Diego, California
Targets: Audiation

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

Judge will review her order forcing Berkshire Eagle editor to turn over reporting notes

Incident Details

Updated On: October 3, 2022
Date of Incident: March 2022
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Targets: Larry Parnass (The Berkshire Eagle)

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

Newspaper editor compelled to reveal confidential sources in defamation lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: June 30, 2022
Location: Woburn, Massachusetts
Targets: Joshua Resnek (Everett Leader Herald)

Subpoena Type →: Testimony about confidential source
Subpoena Status →: Upheld
Legal Order Type →: Other