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Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning

No. 140242Supreme Court of Virginia

140242 Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning 04/16/2015 Ancillary to a Virginia defamation action, a circuit court was not empowered to enforce a subpoena duces tecum requiring a California Internet-based socia…

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140242 Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning 04/16/2015 Ancillary to a Virginia defamation action, a circuit court was not empower…

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Oct 4, 2026
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Apr 16, 2015
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140242 Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning 04/16/2015 Ancillary to a Virginia defamation action, a circuit court was not empowered to enforce a subpoena duces tecum requiring a California Internet-based social networking and consumer rating company to produce documents in the Commonwealth identifying three individuals who filed adverse reviews of a Virginia carpet cleaning company with the ratings company using pseudonyms. Although the General Assembly has expressly authorized Virginia courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over nonresident parties, it has not expressly authorized Virginia courts to compel nonresident non-parties to produce documents located outside of Virginia. Subpoena…

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