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Belfast Project Update: The Government Opposes The Researchers’ Motion to Intervene
As you know, we are closely following developments in the Boston College Belfast Project case here in Boston. In summary, the US government, at the request of UK authorities under the two countries’ mutual legal assistance treaty, has sought leave to issue a subpoena to Boston College to obtain oral histories that BC collected from……
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Developments in the Boston College Belfast Project Case
Last week, there was a new development in the UK’s efforts to obtain judicial assistance in the US and obtain materials from the Belfast Project, Boston College’s oral history project on the conflict in Northern Ireland, for use in a UK criminal prosecution. Our previous coverage is here and here. Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre,……
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Update on the Boston College / IRA Case
A while back I reported on In re Application for Appointment of a Commissioner, a case here in Boston in which the government, acting on behalf of authorities in the United Kingdom, issued a subpoena to Boston College seeking to obtain oral histories that BC researchers gathered in connection with the Belfast Project, a study……
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Case of the Day: In re Grand Jury Subpoena
The Case of the Day is In re Grand Jury Subpoena (4th Cir. 2011). Because the case involves a grand jury proceeding, the opinion does not disclose the identities of the relevant parties. It seems likely to me, based on a press release from the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, that “Company……
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News of the Day: In re Application for Appointment of Commissioner
There’s an interesting new case in the federal court here in Boston: In re Application for Appointment of Commissioner. In May, the Boston Globe reported that the government, acting on behalf of the UK authorities under the US/UK treaty for mutual assistance in criminal matters, had issued a subpoena to Boston College for audiotapes and other records of……