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The article discusses the news operations shutdown at the Marion County Record in Kansas by local police officers based on accusations that the paper nefariously obtained information on a prior driving under the influence (DUI) conviction and license suspension as of September 2023. Topics covered include news organizations' alarm on the egregious First Amendment violation, and calls for investigation of the incident. Also noted is the proper procedure of issuing a subpoena on the subject.

- U.S. House race campaign ad spending accounts for $485 million of the total, with Republicans ($265 million) outspending Democrats ($220 million) and independents/issue-advocacy (effectively $0). Total campaign ad spending for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, gubernatorial and other races in the U.S. midterm elections has surged past $2.1 billion, according to the latest Ad Age Campaign Ad Scorecard analysis. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the subpoena issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska to Pebble Limited Partnership and its former chief executive Tom Collier.

The article highlights significant issues addressed at the American Society of Newspaper Editors' First Amendment summit held in January 2007. Keynote speaker Geoffrey Stone predicted an access to opportunity in which associations might secure a federal shield law giving reporters some protection from federal subpoenas. Michael Chertoff of the Homeland Security Department urged editors to engage in a dialogue with his agency and others in government in order to make sure that critical information gets to citizens.

The article answers questions for the firefighter who has been issued a subpoena. Among questions addressed are: what a subpoena is, how a subpoena duces tecum differs from a subpoena, how a subpoena is legally issued, who can serve a subpoena, for what reasons are subpoenas and subpoena duces tecum generally issued, and whether a subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum may be ignored.

Reports on the enactment of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to limit the copyright infringement liability to service providers in the U.S. Availability of directories to users of peer-to-peer networks searching for users offering copyright music files; Accounts on the lawsuits filed by thr music industry against the heavy users of the file-sharing programs; Emphasis on the expedited procedures for copyright owner to obtain subpoenas; Identification of subscribers offering free illegal downloads of music. INSET: DMCA Rundown.

Reports developments related to press. Failure of federal officials to explain the May subpoena on a reporter's home telephone record issued by United States Senator Charles Grassley; Production curtailment in two North America newsprint makers; Decline in the advertising index.

The article discusses the legal issues of the Belfast Project from Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts, an oral history collection of interviews with people who participated in the Troubles, Northern Ireland's civil conflict. Topics include how the interviewees were promised confidentiality until after their deaths, how British authorities subpoenaed the interviews under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT), and how this has impacted former members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

Focuses on the issue of news media subpoenas and their impact on press freedom. Case of journalist Christine Biederman who refused to reveal the person who gave her software company ION Storm's confidential electronic mail; Study by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press of the problems facing newsrooms. INSET: Naming names: the blame, the shame.

Presents the results of a survey that examined the subpoenas served on the news media in the United States in 1997. Description of the survey's population; Why journalists object to subpoenas; Number of subpoenas against the news media; Material the subpoenas sought; Response of news organizations to subpoenas. INSET: About this story.

Provides advice for certified public accountants (CPA) on responding properly to a subpoena in California. Obligations of CPA to keep client's communications confidential; Checking of the validity of subpoena; Tips on responding to subpoena.

The article offers news related to publishers. Tim Ditlow stepped down as publisher of Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio. Douglas & McIntyre, an independent publishers, has been acquired by an investment group headed by Mark Scott, a former Canadian banker. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a subpoena enforcement action against Michael Nicita, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of AMS and Edward Leonard, the company's ex-chief financial officer (CFO).

The article focuses on the need for U.S. reporters to hire their lawyers instead of relying on the ones representing their publications when faced with litigation on naming their sources. Reporters Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper who were represented by their newspaper "The New York Times" lawyers could face jail for refusing to name their source on leaking the name of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent Valerie Plame. Conflict of interest may also arise. Reporters are not aware of the possibility of receiving subpoena.

The article presents news briefs on U.S. publishers. Amazon and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) have objected to subpoenas issued to them by Google as part of the discovery phase of the copyright infringement lawsuit brought against the search giant by the AAP and the Authors Guild. Customers who belong to Barnes & Noble's Members program will receive discounts on various items. Graphic Arts Publishing Center has signed a distribution agreement with Ingram Publishers Services.

The article looks at how a Connecticut library group that challenged a gag order regarding its receipt of a secret subpoena under the U.S. Patriot Act is victorious after U.S. federal prosecutors dropped their appeal. The article discusses Connecticut Library Association president Alice Knapp, and the ability of libraries, under the revised Patriot Act, to challenge things such as National Security Letters.

This article reports that Pentagon officials are preparing for what is expected to be a protracted discussion about the cost of the massive, international F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Memoranda of understanding with Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Turkey, Australia, Denmark and Norway do not require those governments to chip in on cost growth. He reported recently to Congress that the program is expected to cost about $256.6 billion for production of 2,458 of the Lockheed Martin aircraft. Service officials are snapping to and changing their contracting strategy on the controversial C-130J program--fallout from the senator's statement earlier this month that he would be willing to subpoena Lockheed Martin officials if necessary to get more insight on pricing data for the airlifter.

The article discusses the efforts by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to gain access to someone who wrote a questionable note in a library book. In June, a patron of the Whatcom County Library System, Bellingham, WA, borrowed a copy of Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America by Yossef Bodansky, a former senior consultant for the U.S. Departments of Defense and State. In the margins of the book, the patron saw a handwritten note stating, "If the things I'm doing is considered a crime, then let history be a witness that I am a criminal. Hostility toward America is a religious duty and we hope to be rewarded by God." An FBI agent asked the library for further information on the borrowers of the book; library attorney Deborra Garrett said a subpoena was needed. The library then received a subpoena to appear before a grand jury. The quote, Garrett determined after an online search, came from Bin Laden himself. The subpoena asked the library to disclose the names and addresses of anyone who had borrowed the book since 2001, said library director Joan Airoldi. Resisting, the library filed a motion to quash the subpoena. The library argued that previous borrower information is retained for only 90 days (longer only if there's an unresolved fine); also, the library contracts with the Bellingham Public Library to maintain its database, and the Bellingham library was not served with a subpoena. Moreover, the library argued that there was no "substantial connection"-as required for such an investigation-between writing a quote from Bin Laden in a book and any act of terrorism.

The article informs that French luxury marketer with an expansive brand portfolio that includes Christian Dior and Sephora, LVMH Moët Hennesy–Louis Vuitton, was subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in the probe of U.S. media buying practices. It presents the report of March Ad Agency that an unnamed company had been subpoenaed for years of financial records.

the article offers information on the Great Britain's court case, "ACL Netherlands BV & Ors v Lynch & Hussain". Topics discussed include information on the number of the Claimants applied for permission to provide the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with copies of the Defendants’ disclosure material and the witness statements served earlier in the proceedings; and the permission provided in order to comply with a subpoena issued by the U.S. District Court.

The article reports that the ongoing investigation into the U.S. media-buying practices has entered a critical phase, with a federal grand jury issuing a subpoena to a large marketer. It mentions that the Association of National Advertisers passed along the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's request that members come forward with evidence of potentially fraudulent agency practices such as undisclosed rebates or principal transactions.

The article reports that Republican chairman Lamar Smith has accused his Democratic counterpart of actively obstructing the oversight of the House of Representatives Science, Space & Technology Committee in 2016. The chairman has also refused to share details to science agencies and nonprofit organizations regarding the investigation on the use of federal health data and the e-mail server of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. He has also issued subpoenas against science agencies.

The article focuses on the psychotherapist-patient privilege, a part of the decision by the U.S. District Court of Connecticut in Jacobs v. Connecticut Community Technical Colleges. It is stated that plaintiff named Jacobs had moved to quash a subpoena of his mental health records in an employment discrimination case, arguing they were protected by the psychotherapist-patient privilege.

The article discusses the case of Rosebud Mining Co. attorney Joseph A. Yuhas who was subpoenaed to give testimony against his client in relation to an accident investigation by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. The subpoena was served to Yuhas seeking to depose him concerning his recollections about the initial accident-investigation interviews that occurred in June 2005.

The article reports that the U.S. Human Rights Commission has sent subpoenas to 16 chief executives of large New York City-based agencies, including DDB CEO Chuck Brymer and Ogilvy Co-CEO North America Bill Gray. Those subpoenas, according to an executive familiar with the situation, request the advertising chiefs to appear at the public hearings, which will be held in New York City from September 25 through 29, 2006.

Focuses on several subpoenas and other federal inquiries into confidential sources being received by newspaper industry leaders in the U.S. Discussion on several federal cases which sought information from journalists on confidential sources; Ways for the media to avoid being pressured by courts. INSET: Photog tribute: Black and white, still read all over?.

Reports on the decision of Representative Rick Boucher to support a bill that modify the subpoena and lawsuit mechanism granted by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) in the U.S. Possible difficulty faced by Boucher in getting a hearing for his bill; Opposition of the Recording Industry Association of America to the proposed change in the subpoena section of DCMA; Reason behind the change sought by Internet service providers for DCMA.

Discusses a legislative hearing regarding the subpoena process used by the Recording Association of America to go after alleged copyright infringers. Problems concerning the resolution of the conflict between the recording industry and peer-to-peer services; Factors affecting the response of lawmakers to the issue; Plan of the U.S. Congress regarding the amendment of Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Reports that United States federal officials have missed a September 24, 2001 deadline for explaining the subpoena issued for the home telephone records of Associated Press reporter John Solomon. Views on the subpoena.

Reports the protest of the Associated Press against the United States Justice Department. Use of federal subpoena power on journalists; Investigation on senator Robert G. Torricelli; Details on the case of writers John Solomon and Vanessa Leggett.

The article reports about subpoena of state documents for the estimate of cost filed by California Assembly Republicans against California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSR) for misleading the state Legislature on its High Speed Railway (HSR) Project costs.

The article discusses a case related to Subpoena for pharmacy records of prescriber's use of a controlled drug. It discusses the case in which a retired physician filed suit in the U.S. district court against his former accounting firm listing claims including professional malpractice, breach of contract and fraud. The court ruled that the defendant is entitled to have physician's medications-use history.

The article focuses on subpoenas for law firms Williams & Connolly and Jenner & Block on documents about high-profile clients.

The author discusses the request of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for access to the prescription drug monitoring program of a state, wherein its officials sought a district court judgment to grant approval. Topics covered include the use of a subpoena by the DEA, concern of the officials on the extent of the privacy issue and protection of confidentiality. Also mentioned is the attempt of the DEA to differentiate a medical record from information on prescription.

Reports that CBS Corp. was fighting a subpoena by a United States Marine Corps prosecutor seeking tapes from `60 Minutes' which were made during an interview with the pilot of a jet that sliced through gondola cables in Italy. Number of people killed in the accident; Date the subpoena was issued; Information on the pilot's interview.

Provides information on shield law, a form of statutory protection that limits the use of subpoenas on members of the news media in the United States. States where shield law protection is available; Levels of protection offered by state shield laws; Three-part defense strategy that can be relied on by photojournalists working in states without shield laws.

Reports on a study conducted by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press regarding the serving of subpoenas to news media. Increase in the number of subpoenas being served on the news media; Percentage of responding newspapers and television stations which have been subpoenaed in 1993; Most frequently subpoenaed material; Reasons for serving subpoenas.

Focuses on the rule change made on US House of Representatives (HR) Bill 301 which expanded the ability of news photographers to cover subpoened witnesses in committee hearings. Objection of Representative Joe Moakley on the rule change; Representatives who fight unsuccessfully to keep the old rule; Difference between subpoenas by Congress and subpoenas issued by a court; Concern of Representive Henry Hyde over the privacy issue.

The article focuses on the issuing of subpoenas to thirty-six law firms including Allen & Overy, Linklaters, and DLA Piper, for their hiring of attorneys and partners from the now defunct firm Dewey & LeBoeuf.

The article reports on amendments to the Judicial Conference for Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure proposed by the U.S. Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the U.S. in June 2013. These changes were approved by the Judicial Conference at its September 2012 meeting. Revisions to the rule include the issuance of a subpoena from the court where the action is pending.

The article reports on the refusal by the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama to comply with a congressional subpoena ordering them to turn over all documents related to a loan guarantee made by the U.S. Department of Energy to Solyndra. The subpoena demanded e-mails and other internal documents from January 1, 2009, before the inauguration of President Obama. Counsel to the President Kathryn H. Ruemmler regarded the subpoena as overbroad, unprecedented, and unnecessary.

The article reports on a subpoena issues by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on November 9, 2010 to Halliburton for failing to disclose information needed in order to complete its congressionally mandated study on hydraulic fracturing. According to Halliburton, EPA's request was very broad, possibly requiring the firm to make approximately 50,000 spreadsheets. Industry sources claimed that they believe that hydraulic fracturing is safe.

The author urges passing the U.S. Free Flow of Information Act before December 2011, and warns that the federal shield law could languish for another five years. It notes that the Act has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee and is ready for a full Senate vote. The bill is said to provide protection from federal subpoenas against reporters who refuse to identify confidential sources in certain circumstances. Delaying the bill is deemed a blow to journalists covering the federal government.

The article reports on the Chicago Headline Club's support for the journalism students of Northwestern University. Information connected to the Medill Innocence Project was the reason for the subpoena issued to the students. The local Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) chapter has joined the university in fighting the subpoena.

The article offers the author's views regarding the shield laws for journalists in 2009 in the U.S. She states that shield laws under examination by the U.S. Congress will likely not going to help journalists. She cites that shield laws are not applicable when a source of an issue reveals a private personal information. She believes that there is a substantial interest to a shield law in saving journalists from receiving subpoenas.

The article offers news briefs related to information technology in the U.S. Intel Corp. delays the release of the Tukwila chip, its next-generation Itanium processor because they need time to add new memory technology to improve performances. The former city network administrator of San Francisco, California, Terry Childs claims a wrongful arrest and seeks for $3 million. Oracle Corp. issues subpoenas to its former customers, alleging that they have downloaded materials from the company.

The author reflects on the federal shield legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress, which aims to offer journalists protection from subpoenas issued by federal law enforcement officers and agencies. He points out that the protection which accompanies the law is very important to photojournalists. Additionally, it will guide all parties to follow a consistent and clear set of rules that will govern the use of subpoenas.

The article reports that Intel Corp. has come under investigation after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched an official probe regarding the business practices of the company. It is reported that the FTC issued a subpoena after a more than year-long informal investigation into Intel that started in 2006 regarding competition in the Microprocessors Unit (MPU) market. But Intel Corp. is maintaining that its business practices are well within U.S. law.