Backpage.com CEO Tells D.C. Circuit That Senate Subpoena Chilled Free Speech

Mealey's (November 17, 2016, 12:41 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Nov. 16 brief appealing a trial court order compelling his compliance with a U.S. Senate subcommittee subpoena seeking information regarding its adult classifieds section, Backpage.com LLC Chief Executive Officer Carl Ferrer tells the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the subpoena violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and that the trial court incorrectly deemed his common-law privileges waived (Carl Ferrer v. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, No. 16-5232 and 16-5274, D.C. Cir.)....