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Criminal,
California Supreme Court

Aug. 24, 2020

After high court ruling, defense bar is already sharpening their subpoenas for digital evidence

The California Supreme Court recently issued its second of two landmark decisions of first impression, addressing criminal defense subpoenas for social media content. While it looks like the social media companies have won the battle, they actually just lost the war from the death by a thousand future criminal subpoena cuts.

Donald E. Landis Jr.

Email: info@donlandislaw.com

Donald is a private criminal defense attorney.

The California Supreme Court recently issued its second of two landmark decisions of first impression, addressing criminal defense subpoenas for social media content in Facebook, Inc. v. Superior Court (Touchstone), 2020 DJDAR 8607 (Aug. 13, 2020), the first being $95

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