I'm beginning to think you are really asking these questions in an effort to try to figure out a way to run a business and avoid someone being able to reach documents your company has produced or stored if there is a lawsuit.
Again, if someone sues Company A they'll get the information that Company A has using discovery, which for the most part requires Company A to disclose information to the other party without the need for any subpoena. Subpoenas are generally used to get testimony and documents from persons other than a party to the lawsuit. If Company A contracts out certain operations to Company B, Company B would indeed be subject to subpoena for testimony/documents that are relevant to the dispute.
You aren't going to find a business structure here that will shield company documents from subpoena or other discovery.
Incorrect. I am not looking for business formation suggestion but rather trying to understand how they can be served a subpoena since they are technically out of state.
I looked up the company's website and address. It tracks down to a location in a virtual office out of state.
I am wondering if that virtual office is considered an extension of the person named in my lawsuit.
If a supoena can go across state lines because they have enough business ties in the state to justify it. If this virtual office can be treated as the defendant's back office, his business partner or corporate office, since its address is listed as the defendant's business address.
Alternatively. I believe the process to get a subpoena issued out of state would raise the cost significantly.
On paper at least, this virtual office address is the defendant's corporate office location. I am asking if it can be treated as such for subpoena purposes.