Neowin News Feed for: Subpoena

Marvel subpoenas Google and Reddit to identify Ant-Man leaker

Usama Jawad — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 13:36:02 +0000

Marvel has filed a subpoena against Google and Reddit in a DMCA filing which aims to determine the identity of the people responsible for leaking the subtitles of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Read more...

US Government subpoenas Microsoft and more over free-speech issues

Steve Bennett — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:36:01 +0000

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has issued a subpoena for CEOs of Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Meta for documents and communications over free-speech issues. Read more...

Amazon demands FTC to go easy on Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy... kind of

Usama Jawad — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 07:22:01 +0000

Following subpoenas issued by the FTC during the ongoing probe of Amazon, the company has accused the regulator of making unjust demands to harass its top executives, including ex-CEO Jeff Bezos. Read more...

FBI subpoenas IP addresses and phone numbers of readers of a USA Today article [Update]

Subir Kathuria — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 18:42:01 +0000

The bureau wants information on readers who accessed an article published by USA Today related to the death of two of its agents. The details demanded fall within a specific 35-minute time frame. Read more...

U.S. SEC subpoenas Tesla over its Model 3 production forecasts

Paul Hill — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:16:02 +0000

In a recent SEC filing, Tesla admitted that it had received a subpoena pertaining to Model 3 production figures despite denying it less than one week ago. It said the DOJ is also investigating. Read more...

Facebook Latin America VP detained after WhatsApp fails to turn over user data [Update]

Boyd Chan — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 10:10:01 +0000

In an escalating battle with Brazilian authorities, a Facebook Latin American VP was arrested following WhatsApp's non-compliance with demands for user data as part of a criminal investigation. Read more...

Marvel is forcing Google to hand over the leaker of the trailer of Avengers: Age of Ultron

Usama Jawad — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:08:01 +0000

The first trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron was leaked prematurely on October 22. Marvel did not take this lightly and have issued a subpoena against Google to turn over the leaker of the trailer. Read more...

Sony to subpoena GeoHot's PayPal records

Michael Collado — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:00:06 +0000

If you decided to donate money to George Hotz (GeoHot) and went through with it in the last couple of years, you may want to take note. A judge has granted Sony the right to... Read more...

Judge allows Sony to subpoena IPs of visitors to GeoHot's website

Michael Collado — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:49:44 +0000

Federal magistrate Joseph Spero ruled this week that it was okay for Sony to acquire the IP addresses of visitors who took to George Hotz's, more likely known as GeoHot, website in search of jailbreaking... Read more...

U.S. Withdraws Subpoena Seeking Amazon Customers

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:06:23 +0000

Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking the identities of thousands of people who bought used books through online retailer Amazon.com Inc., newly unsealed court records show. The withdrawal came after a judge ruled the... Read more...

AMD receives subpoena from DOJ over GPU market

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:46:04 +0000

AMD announced it has received a subpoena from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust division in connection with the DOJ's investigation into potential antitrust violations related to graphics processors (GPU) and cards. AMD entered... Read more...

Dell agrees to AMD subpoena request

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:00:00 +0000

DELL has agreed to supply documents and other materials in an antitrust case filed by AMD against the chip giant. In the filing, Dell said it has documents and information in electronic form which AMD... Read more...

Record Industry May Not Subpoena Providers

Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:21:50 +0000

This is very, very good news. A federal appeals court on Friday rejected efforts by the recording industry to compel the nation's Internet providers to identify subscribers accused of illegally distributing music... Read more...

Hacking by subpoena ruled illegal

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:20:03 +0000

Issuing an egregiously overbroad subpoena for stored e-mail qualifies as a computer intrusion in violation of anti-hacking laws, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, deciding a case in which a litigant in a civil matter... Read more...