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| | Subpoena - definition of Subpoena in Encyclopedia |
 | | The United States Congress also has the power to issue subpoenas and can punish individuals who fail to comply by contempt of Congress, which is similar to contempt of court. | | | Usually it can be issued by a judge or by the lawyer representing the plaintiff or the defendant in a civil trial or by the prosecutor or the defense attorney in a criminal proceeding. | | | A common complaint against subpoenas is that they take away a person's Fifth Amendment right (the right to remain silent in court) in the U.S. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Subpoena
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Subpoena duces tecum |
| | In law a subpoena (literally "under punishment") is a court order requiring a person's appearance, also called a "summons." A subpoena duces tecum is a specific form of subpoena requiring that a person bring certain documents or other evidence to the court. | | | Subpoena duces tecum (Latin for "bring with under penalty of punishment"). | | | Similar to subpoena ad testificandum (writ of summons to testify) but including clauses to bring in hand books, papers, etc. for the court. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/S/SU/SUB/Subpoena_duces_tecum
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| | File swapper fights RIAA subpoena CNET News.com |
| | Because the RIAA document was seeking information from Verizon, not directly from her, she must first petition the court for the right to challenge the subpoena herself. | | | The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital civil liberties group, is also working with some individuals who say their screen names have been the subject of RIAA subpoenas, but it has not yet filed any challenges with the court. | | | In their briefs, her attorneys argued that the RIAA's unconventional subpoena process has violated her rights to due process, privacy and anonymous association, along with her contract with Verizon. |
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http://news.com.com/File+swapper+fights+RIAA+subpoena/2100-1025_3-5066754.html
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| | CFP 2005 > PANOPTICON'05 |
| | Devin has assisted the ever-growing Indymedia network with various legal problems over the years, including a 2001 subpoena issued at the request of the Canadian government, and a take-down request from the FBI at the request of Swiss authorities in 2004. | | | Kevin Bankston, an attorney specializing in free speech and privacy law, is the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Equal Justice Works/Bruce J. Ennis Fellow for 2003-05. | | | Additionally, he has worked to build popular communications capacity in media centers and social movements in South America, shared free software skills and strategies with civil society tech workers in Africa and Central/Eastern Europe, and is a Debian Developer working on customized Debian distributions geared towards non-profits. |
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http://www.cfp2005.org/Speakers.html
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| | Lauren Gelman - Blogs at the Center for Internet and Society - Stanford Law School |
| | Particularly Google’s Oct 10 letter to the DOJ in response to the subpoena for URLs. | | | I’m posting the DOJ/Google complaint because it took me a while to find it and it makes pretty interesting reading. | | | First, Google knew MSN and Yahoo turned over the info without a fight and still decided to go forward with this, so kudos to Google! |
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http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blogs/gelman
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| | Library Soup - SAC Library & Media Services Newsletter |
| | The feast for the dead originated as a form of ancestor worship, and the clergy were long reluctant to incorporate such pagan practices into the liturgical calendar. | | | The festival held particularly strong associations with pre-Hispanic agrarian cults because it coincided with the maize harvest." If you want to know more, subpoena the Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. |
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http://www.accd.edu/sac/lrc/gis/lrcnews/librsoup.htm
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