World Trade Center subpoena receipt and response, Nov 2013

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), and (e) (EHw«»b 12/1/OTi (c) Protecting B Person Subject to a Subpoena. (d) Duties in Responding ra a Subpoena. 0)y<n>Ufagr tXoMa Banlea orEjqmae; Banyans. A party or (1) Avdfoifo^gDomMMisfa ar BleetrenlcaBy Storedhfarmtalon. ottonty responsible tor fasniag and serving a subpoena must take These proccdiuBa apply to protoicing dosuments or eleotronleally reasrmable steps to avoid imponng undue burden or oqwnse on a stored infonnatloa; person subject to die subpoCTa. The issuing court must enforce this (A) Doeumantt. A ptesmt. responding to a subpoena to produce du^ and torose tm aBiropriaic sanction—which may include lost documents mustprodurc thiro as they are kept in the ordintuy earnings and xeasouabic attorney's fees—on a patty or anomey coujse ofbuainess or must organize and label them to conwqpond to whoailstacompb'- the catagorica in the demand, (?) Command fa PtoAuce /Materials or Permit Inspeaion. (B)Formfi>rPrcKlM'JigileerrontctiHv Stored Irifiirmatioii Nbt (A) Afpsaronce /lot Jieguirtt). A. ftttm commanded to produce Ifa subpoena dOC!! not specify a form for producing documents, eleotronicoUy stored information, or tangible tWngs, or eleotroaicaliy stored irtfoimation, the person responding must to permit the InspeciiM of premises, need not appear io person at the produce it in a {torn or Ihrtro in which it fa ordinarily maintained or place ofproduct or inspection unless also commanded to appear in a reasonably usable firm or forms. fora deposition, hearing, or trial (O eieeironloatfy Stored rttfarmalion Produced in (Bify One (BQ Ol^eerteiu. A person commanded u produce documents or Ferm. The person responding need not produce die some ’.angible ^ngp or to permit Inspection may serve on the parly or electronieally stored informntion in more than one forot. attorney designated in the subjwcna a written objection to (D) inaccessible Eleeoanieaify Stored Jitformation. The person in^ctog, copying, testmg or sampihig mjy or all oftoe rnatCfials or responding need ool provide discovery of electronically stored to inspoe^ toe premises—or to produdng electronically stored information from souress tort toe person identifies as not reasoosbly information in the form or forms requested. The objection must bo accessible because ofur duo jurden or cesr. On motion to compel served before toe earlier of toe time specified for compliance or 14 discoveiy or for a proict tivc order, toe pteson responding must show days afler the subpoeoa is served. If an objection is made, toe that toe ioformation is net reu&onably accessible became of undue followup rules apply: burden or cost Ifthat showtrg fa made, tie court may uonctheless (1) At any time, on notice to toe commanded pwson, the serving order discoveiy from such sources If toe ;«questing party shows party may move toe issuing court for an order compelling production good cause, eonstoering the limitations of Rule 2<XbX2XC)> The or inspection, COUR may specify eondrions for the discovery. (IQ These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and (2) Claiming Pritdlege or Protection. toe or^ must protect a person who is neither a party nor s party's (A) Information fPlthludd. A person withholding subpoenaed officer from al^lficant expense resulting from compliance, information under a claim tort it is privileged or subject to (3) Quaehlng or MoAi^fing a Subpoena. protection as trial-pn^statior material must: (A) If'henRegvired. On timely molion. toe issuing court must 0) expressly moke the elalin; and qn^ or modify a subpoena that; 01) describe toe saturii of: to withheld documents, (I) foils to allow a reasonable time to comply; conununications, or tangible htngs in a manner that, without 00 requires a person who is neither a party nor a patty’s officer revealing Information inelf privileged or protected, will enable toe to travel more than 100 miles from where tost person resides, fa parties to assess toe eJaira. employed, or regularly transacts business in person—except that, (B) Irformtaion Produe-ed. if infornwtloa produced in response to a subject to Rule 45(eX3XBXiii), the person may be commanded to subpoena Is subject to a olein: of privilege or ofprotection as trial- attend a trial by traveling front any such place within toe state where preparation material, the persjn making toe olaim may notify any toe trial fa held; party toot received too information of the claim and the basis for it. (11!) requires disclosure ofpnviteged or other protected matter, if After being notified, a piirty must prompt y return, sequester, or no exception or waiver applies; or destroy toe specified infiomtnion and any copies it has; must not use (Iv) subjects a person to undue burden. or disclose too infotroatiimurtil the claim Is resolved: must take (B) (Phen Permiued To protect a poison subject to or affected by reasonable steps to retrieve toe informatfan if too party disclosed it a auf^oeea, toe issuing court may, on motion, quash or modify toe before being notified: nil ittoy pfongrtly jircsent the information to subpoena if it requites: toe court ureter seal for a dctotmlnation or? the claim. The person (1) disclosing a trade send or other confidential research, who produced the information roust preserve toe tnfoimation until development, or commercial information: toe claim is resolved. (if) disclosing an unretained expert's opinion or information that does OOI describe speclfii xs in dispute and results fiom (a) Contempt The iamdng cctut may hoM is eostempt a person the expert's study that was not requested by a party; or who, having been served, {bib without adequate excuse to obey the ( JH) a person who fa neither a party nor a party's ofiScer to incur subpoena. A nonpaity's failwe to obey mist be excused if the substantial expense to travel more than 100 tiles to attend trial. subpoena purports to req tire the nonpftrty to attend or produce at a (C) Spaeffikitg Cmuhtions m an Alternative. In the circumstances pince ouuide ftc Ijmits ofRule 45(cX3)(AXn). dtociibM in Ride 4S(cX3)(B), the court may. instead of quashing or modliyiog a subpoena, order qtpeaiance or production under specified eooditions if the serving party: (Q shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be otherwise met without undue hardship: and (H) ensures that die std>poenaed person will be reasonably compensated.

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