Quorum-tine: How COVID-19 Affects the Validity of Federal Grand Jury Document Subpoenas
May 31, 2020 | The Insider: White Collar Defense and Securities Enforcement
Since COVID-19 began to spread across the United States, federal grand juries in districts around the country have stopped meeting, but prosecutors have continued to issue grand jury subpoenas, including in high-profile investigations. Without sitting grand juries, however, do prosecutors still retain the subpoena power? The answer is unclear, and anyone who receives a subpoena these days should take a close look at its validity. [...]