Bank Julius Baer: Swiss bank Julius Baer ended up in the
free speech hot seat and its leaked corporate documents received widespread attention when it tried to prevent the popular Wikileaks site from distributing copies of these documents. When the bank was able to obtain an initial court order disabling the Wikileaks domain name, the incident attracted widespread press attention, the information was republished on many other Internet sites, and the ACLU of Northern California and a number of other public interest groups became involved in the case. Ultimately, the judge
recognized the important free speech principles involved and
dissolved the injunction, but not before the controversy—and the original data breach—was broadcast worldwide.