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Podcast host subpoenaed a second time for testimony in murder case

Incident Details

Updated On: July 15, 2022
Date of Incident: July 10, 2022
Location: Salinas, California
Targets: Chris Lambert (Freelance)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Jul. 10, 2022: Pending

Jul. 11, 2022: Objected to

Jul. 15, 2022: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

Jul. 10, 2022: Pending

Jul. 11, 2022: Objected to

Jul. 15, 2022: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

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)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Jun. 30, 2022: Pending

Jun. 30, 2022: Upheld

subpoena for communications or work product

Jun. 30, 2022: Pending

Jun. 30, 2022: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Subpoenaed news reporter will not have to testify in MN murder trial

Incident Details

Date of Incident: May 2022
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Lou Raguse (KARE 11)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

May. 30, 2022: Pending

May. 31, 2022: Objected to

Jun. 20, 2022: Quashed

Motion to compel for testimony about confidential source

Jun. 2, 2022: Pending

Jun. 9, 2022: Objected to

Jun. 20, 2022: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Former BuzzFeed reporter ordered to sit for deposition in lawsuit against Kevin Spacey

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 4, 2021
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Adam Vary (BuzzFeed News)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Nov. 4, 2021: Pending

Feb. 1, 2021: Objected to

Aug. 9, 2022: Upheld
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Subpoena for podcast host testimony in murder case quashed

Incident Details

Date of Incident: August 10, 2021
Location: San Luis Obispo County, California
Targets: Chris Lambert (Freelance)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Aug. 10, 2021: Pending

Aug. 23, 2021: Objected to

Sep. 8, 2021: Quashed

subpoena for communications or work product

Aug. 10, 2021: Pending

Aug. 23, 2021: Objected to

Sep. 8, 2021: Quashed
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

Julian Assange subpoenaed in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of Incident: September 12, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Julian Assange (WikiLeaks)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Jul. 1, 2018: Pending

Jan. 24, 2020: Quashed

Sep. 12, 2020: Upheld

Sep. 22, 2020: Upheld

Mar. 29, 2021: Unknown
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

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

Apr. 23, 2020: Upheld

May. 8, 2020: Pending

Jul. 15, 2020: Carried out

Mar. 29, 2021: Dropped
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: Federal

Court denies motion to quash subpoena against journalist working on book about 1993 NY murder

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 29, 2020
Location: Lockport, New York
Targets: Samantha Christmann (Freelance)

Legal Orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Jan. 29, 2020: Pending

Jan. 21, 2021: Pending
Legal Order Target →: Journalist
Legal Order Venue →: State

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