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• Notice Requirements Help Journalists Facing Abusive Subpoenas ( December 2002 )
  Thomas R. Burke and Rochelle L. Wilcox of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

  Prompted by media attention to a rash of subpoenas issued to California journalists, the California legislature has enacted new procedural safeguards, including a minimum of five days' notice before a journalist may be required to testify, that enhance the rights provided under California's Shield Law.

• Information Regarding Your Written Discovery Responses ( August 2000 )
  Leonard M. Roth, Attorney at Law

  As a family law case proceeds, each party is entitled to engage in a process of finding out what the opposing party.

• How To Answer When the Government Comes Knocking ( October 1999 )
  Day Pitney LLP

  Corporations are finding themselves the recipients of subpoenas issued by state or federal government investigators.

• Disclosing Medical Records ( June 1999 )
  Law Office Of Kenneth I. Kolpan, P.C.

  ALTHOUGH MOST practitioners appreciate the sanctity of medical records, few understand either the implications of .

• Countering the Excessive Subpoena for Scholarly Research ( October 1997 )
  Michael  Traynor of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

  This essay examines how researchers, research institutions, and their counsel may foresee and effectively counter excessive subpoenas.