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by tptacek 1119 days ago
They're not allowed to release that.

Edit

I read 'chaps as saying there was an NDA on the subpoena, but apparently there wasn't, so this might just be flatly wrong.

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The NDA isn't the only reason you don't risk interference in an ongoing investigation though so regardless the basic point still stands.
Even in the absence of NDA, are you allowed to? Counsel has apparently advised them not to. Would it not carry the risk of being complicit to a crime?
Disclosing facts is not a crime.
There are lots of situations in which disclosing facts is indeed a crime. You are answering my specific question with a nice sounding maxim which is obviously not true in general.
Perhaps there is no NDA on the fact that subpoenas were issued, but still an NDA on whom they were issued about? Limiting The scope of such an NDA feels like a plausible result of negotiations after a motion to squash the subpoena.