Third-Party Subpoenas
We routinely serve as independent counsel to third parties, executives, and former employees in connection with document and deposition subpoenas. We tailor each representation to our client’s individual needs and goals, bringing to bear our significant experience negotiating document requests, managing document productions, litigating motions to quash, and defending high stakes depositions.
Representative experience includes:
Representing third parties and current and former C-Suite executives and employees in connection with subpoenas and demands for testimony arising out of parallel state AG investigations, federal agency investigations, and multi-district litigation related to several large-scale data breaches.
Routinely challenging overbroad subpoenas, including by successfully litigating motions to quash (and related requests for monetary sanctions), on behalf of physicians, pharmaceutical companies, and other privately held companies.
Enforcing third-party subpoenas—including through motion practice—where parties are unable to do so due to conflicts, ensuring critical discovery is obtained while managing privilege, confidentiality, and burden concerns.
Representing individuals and companies in connection with subpoenas for deposition testimony, including negotiating and narrowing subpoenas issued under Rule 30(b)(6), in cases arising under the federal RICO statute, Lanham Act, False Claims Act, and other federal and state claims.
Helping individuals and companies efficiently respond to document subpoenas while safeguarding highly-sensitive material and minimizing their risk of becoming a target of follow-on litigation or government investigations.
Stepping in to enforce third-party subpoenas—including through motion practice—where the party’s counsel is unable to do so due to conflicts or other business sensitivities.
