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  • March 2008

    • Swiss Bank Drops Wikileaks Lawsuit

      Associated Press  |  Mar 6, 08 3:32 PM CST

      Swiss Bank Drops Wikileaks Lawsuit

      (Newser) - The Swiss bank that sued over private documents posted on Wikileaks.org has withdrawn the motion, the AP reports. Bank Julius Baer did not say why it pulled the case, but the cease-fire brings an end to a case that raised First Amendment questions when a judge ordered the site to remove the documents. Those questions later prompted the judge to revoke the injunction. More »

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      lawsuit  • Switzerland  • free speech  • First Amendment  • Wikileaks

    • Wikileaks Judge Reverses His Own Injunction

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Mar 1, 08 7:20 AM CST

      Wikileaks Judge Reverses His Own Injunction

      (Newser) - The judge who (tried to) shut down Wikileaks by issuing an injunction against the whistleblowing site has changed his mind and lifted the order, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Judge Jeffrey White said his original order, designed to protect a Swiss Bank's information, raised "serious questions of prior restraint and possible violations of the First Amendment." More »

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      Internet  • free speech  • ACLU  • First Amendment  • whistleblowers  • Wikileaks  • Julius Baer Group

  • February 2008

    • Wikileaks.org Closing Doesn't Secure Bank's Client Info

      Associated Press  |  Feb 28, 08 3:00 PM CST

      Wikileaks.org Closing Doesn't Secure Bank's Client Info

      (Newser) - Legal action resulting in the closing of whistleblower site Wikileaks.org has backfired for the Swiss bank that sought to protect confidential information about their clients, the AP reports. Popular outrage over the closing of the site over its posting of documents from Bank Julius Baer has cause the widespread circulation of those documents on privacy advocacy websites, as well as on Wikileaks own mirrors. More »

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      online privacy  • First Amendment  • ACLU  • Wikileaks  • Julius Baer Group

    • Outcry Over Leak Site Closure Order

      ComputerWorld  |  Feb 20, 08 1:04 PM CST

      Outcry Over Leak Site Closure Order

      (Newser) - Privacy and First Amendment advocates are fuming after a judge ordered an entire website shut down in response to a lawsuit. Wikileaks.org had allowed whistleblowers to anonymously post confidential documents, reports ComputerWorld . A critic calls closing down the whole website in response to a Swiss bank's complaint "like putting a padlock on the front door of the New York Times," over a single article. More »

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      online privacy  • First Amendment  • Wikileaks  • Julius Baer Group

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