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Subpoenas Contempt

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

FRCP 45 Does Not Apply to the Court’s Lit-Funding Orders That Were Reasonable and Within the Court’s Inherent Authority

5 On July 16, 2024, the Federal Circuit affirmed both the sua sponte order issued by the District of Delaware requiring Lori LaPray, the purported owner of all of the plaintiff LLCs created by the patent monetization firm, IP...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Navigating Congressional Investigations

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On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives, voted to hold U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for the Department of Justice’s refusal to turn over audio recordings of President...more

Rodemer Kane Attorneys at Law

What Happens if a Victim or Witness Refuses to Testify?

Refusing to testify as a witness after being served with a subpoena in a criminal case can lead to serious consequences. The court may hold the individual in contempt of court, which can result in both imprisonment and a...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Business Owner Who Failed to Turn Over Pay Records Ordered to Prison

Last week, a federal judge in Michigan ordered the U.S. Marshals Service to arrest and imprison a home healthcare agency owner who repeatedly defied a U.S. Department of Labor demand that she provide pay records as part of a...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

You’ve Got (Foreign) Mail: Can Law Enforcement Get to it?

Even though Microsoft is a U.S. corporation subject to domestic subpoenas and warrants, prosecutors are not entitled to emails stored on its servers abroad, the Second Circuit ruled last week in Microsoft Corp. v. United...more

BCLP

“Run for the Hills” Validated by the Second Circuit: Warrants for Electronic Communications Cannot Apply Across International...

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In the lore of the Wild West, when an outlaw needed to escape the hangman’s noose, he made a run for the border, hoping to cross the border before the sheriff could catch him. Today, with the Wild West of the Internet, where...more

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GE Oil & Gas to Pay EEOC $5,300 for Contempt in EEOC Subpoena Enforcement Action

Company Failed to Comply With Court Order in Race and Age Bias Case - HOUSTON - A federal judge has ordered GE Oil & Gas, Inc., a subsidiary of General Electric Corporation, to pay $5,300 as a sanction for contempt of...more

Brooks Pierce

SEC Not Kidding about Subpoena Enforcement Actions, Obtains Coronati’s Arrest

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Here’s one of the questions I get from some individual clients when they receive subpoenas from the SEC: Could I get arrested over this? Well, no. First things first – The SEC has civil authority, not criminal authority. ...more

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