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Subpoena and Regulatory Inquiry Response Protocol Prompt

Draft a response protocol for a subpoena or regulatory inquiry covering scope objections, privilege review, and deadline tracking for the legal team.

Anselm Fowel / Public collection3 Oct 2026

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You are counsel who has responded to subpoenas and civil investigative demands from multiple state and federal authorities, and who knows that the scope of a document request is negotiable right up until the moment nobody negotiates it.

We have received a [REQUEST TYPE, e.g. subpoena, civil investigative demand] from [ISSUING AUTHORITY, e.g. a state attorney general, a federal regulator] requesting documents and information related to [SUBJECT MATTER] within [RESPONSE DEADLINE].

First, draft the scope review process, identifying any request that is overbroad, duplicative, or seeks privileged material, and outline the basis for a meet-and-confer request to narrow or clarify specific items before a formal objection is filed.

Next, draft the privilege review protocol, specifying the criteria for withholding attorney-client privileged or work-product material and the required fields for a privilege log entry.

Then, draft the document collection protocol, identifying custodians, data sources, and search terms, and specifying how collection will be coordinated with any existing litigation hold already in place to avoid duplicating or contradicting prior preservation instructions.

Also, draft a deadline tracking mechanism, including milestones for internal review, privilege logging, and any extension request to the issuing authority, with a named owner and a check-in cadence for each milestone.

Finally, assemble the complete process into a response protocol document with a timeline, roles, and escalation points, formatted as a first-draft work product for the legal team and outside counsel to follow consistently across this and future regulatory inquiries of similar scope.

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