D.C. Circuit Stays Enforcement Of Subpoena On Backpage.com CEO Pending Appeal

Mealey's (October 20, 2016, 1:35 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 17 stayed an enforcement order requiring Backpage.com LLC Chief Executive Officer Carl Ferrer to comply with a U.S. Senate subcommittee discovery subpoena connected with an investigation of online sex trafficking, finding that he had met the requirements for a stay pending appeal (Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations v. Carl Ferrer, No. 16-5232 and 16-5274, D.C. Cir.)....