your editor suggests that you contact the entity and ask if it will agree to comply with a California subpoena. More often than not the entity will agree… and all you have to do is forward a copy of the subpoena with a confirming letter.

The process of preparing a request to the court in your jurisdiction to issue an out of state commission, then finding a local attorney in the jurisdiction where the entity is located to petition the court in that jurisdiction to issue a subpoena and then to serve the subpoena (professional courtesy is usually extended) can prove to be arduous, time consuming and costly – especially should the entity then decide to object to the subpoena!