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Recent Examples of subpoenaedSwift was subpoenaed in Baldoni’s lawsuit against Lively last May, but his lawyers later withdrew the subpoena.—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Baldoni’s team also previously subpoenaed Swift for communications, though that subpoena was later withdrawn.—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Maegan Ortiz, executive director of the Institute of Popular Education of Southern California, or IDEPSCA, cited the LAPD’s history of using excessive force against civilians and said that in the recent immigration raids, officers have sometimes inflamed instead of defused tensions.
Lang was summoned to appear Sunday at the French Foreign Ministry, which oversees the institute, but submitted his resignation.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Records of 911 calls show deputies had never been called to Fortson's apartment previously but they had been summoned to a nearby unit 10 times in the previous eight months, including once for a domestic disturbance.
The group was convened by a local rabbi and supported protesters for racial justice in Portland in 2017.
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Laura E. Alexander,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
The North Texas Commission and NCTCOG have convened a working group of DART and city leaders for weeks to facilitate discussions on how to solve DART’s most acute challenges.
Attending the Berlin Film Festival for new movie Rosebush Pruning, actor Callum Turner was asked by a journalist at the film’s press conference about online speculation linking him to the James Bond role.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2026
Atwood had done what Mary had asked and poured everything into her daughter.
The complaint, filed in federal court in Boston, alleges Harvard has failed for more than 10 months to provide individualized applicant data and other records requested by the DOJ as part of a compliance review under federal civil rights law.
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Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Feb. 2026
In 2015, Epstein requested legal advice in one email exchange.