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N.J. judge allows subpoena of company that helped with Race to the Top application | NJ.com

N.J. judge allows subpoena of company that helped with Race to the Top application | NJ.com

N.J. judge allows subpoena of company that helped with Race to the Top application

Published: Thursday, October 07, 2010, 10:34 AM Updated: Thursday, October 07, 2010, 10:58 AM
buono-kean-senate.JPGState Sens. Barbara Buono and Tom Kean Jr. went toe-to-toe today at a hearing at the Statehouse. They are shown here in a July file photo.
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TRENTON — Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg today swiftly denied a motion by Wireless Generation, the company that helped New Jersey produce its failed Race to the Top application, to quash a subpoena from the state Senate.

The company had asked the judge to prevent the subpoena, saying it didn't have enough time to produce the documents and testimony requested by Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex). In addition, the Attorney General's office had asked the company to withhold some documents, wrote a lawyer for the company in a