What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps you quickly and defensibly triage a subpoena served on your company by classifying it, extracting the key scope and deadlines, and producing an objections framework plus a compliance plan.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Subpoena classification & scoping: Determines subpoena type (third-party docs/deposition, party subpoena, CID, grand jury) and extracts essential fields like issuing authority, caption, requested categories, custodians, and key dates.
- Portfolio cross-check: Checks whether a party subpoena maps to an existing matter and routes next actions accordingly.
- Objections framework + compliance plan: Produces a structured outline of objection grounds (with researched-rule pointers) and a practical plan for what to search, review, log for privilege, and potentially produce.
- Deadline calendar: Builds a deadline set (response/objection/meet-and-confer/production) based on the applicable procedural rule for the forum and subpoena type.
- Escalation gates: Immediately flags grand jury subpoenas for escalation and routes CID to regulator-aware norms.
Quick Start
Use subpoena-triage on the provided document by running: subpoena-triage /path/to/subpoena.pdf --slug=my-incoming-subpoena.