Currently http://WikiLeakS.org is either having technical Domain Name System problems, or, there has indeed been a Temporary Restraining Order granted by the California Northern District Court in San Francisco, against Wikileaks et al, on behalf of Bank Julius Baer.

See the previous blog article:- "WikiLeakS.org and their Domain Name Registrar are being sued in California by Bank Julius Baer"for more details

This lack of a working WikiLeakS.org domain name also affects the URL

http://www.wikileaks.org

and the the SSL encrypted version at

https://secure.wikileaks.org

However the WikiLeaks front end servers, currently hosted in Sweden, are still working, and can still be accessed via some, but not all of the published list of Public Cover Names:

Why are Bank Julius Baer and their Hollywood celebrity media spin lawyers Lavely & Singer, trying to abuse the US legal system, to censor WikiiLeakS.org, over some alleged documents which have nothing to do with the USA ? The alleged documents which WikilLeakS.org have published, involve dubious financial transactions in the Cayman Islands and Switzerland, whilst the WikiLeakS,org copies of these alleged documents appear to be located in Sweden

Here is a list Cover Name URL links which worked ok for us in the last few hours:

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WikiLeakS.org have been silent about any recent developments in the Legal Threats against the project

See the previous blog article Has WikiLeakS.org seen off the recent threats by law firms ?

However, we have stumbled across this:

Justia - Federal District Court Filings & Dockets has some details showing that Hollywood minor media celebrity spin lawyers have at least filed a writ with a Court in California and do seem to be trying to sue WikiLeakS.org

Astonishingly, the Domain Name Registrar Dynadot LLC,who originally registered the WikiLeakS.org domain name back in October 2006, is also being sued, even though they are not even providing the use of DNS servers for the WikiLeakS.org domain name !

Currently the WikiLeakS.org front end website seems to be hosted in Sweden.

Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. et al v. Wikileaks et al

Plaintiffs: Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. and Julius Baer Bank and Trust Co. LTD.

Defendants: Wikileaks, Wikileaks.Org and Dynadot LLC

Case Number: 3:2008cv00824

Filed: February 6, 2008

Court: California Northern District Court
Office: San Francisco Office
County: Outside US

Presiding Judge: Hon. Jeffrey S. White

Nature of Suit: Torts - Injury - Other Personal Injury
Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract
Jurisdiction: Diversity

Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Amount Demanded: $75,000.00

It seems that the case was scheduled to be heard on Thursday 14th February 2008

10:00 AM (r)C-08-824 JSW

Bank Julius Baer, et al., v. Wikileaks, et al.,
Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order

Has this been granted or not ?

There also seems to be a scheduled hearing on Friday 29th February 2008:

09:00 AM (r)C-08-824 JSW
Bank Julius Baer, et al., v. Wikileaks, et al.,

Order to Show Cause re: Preliminary Injunction

Are WikiLeakS.org lawyers defending this, or is it all going through automatically "on the nod"?

Surely this United States Court will uphold the Defendants' fundamental right of Free Speech, under the First Amendment to the US Constitution ?

We await details of the outcome with interest.

Is this an attempt at a Denial of Service attack via the threat of a legal court case ?

If the Plaintiffs cause, either directly or indirectly, any "collateral damage" to an innocent Domain Name Registrar or to innocent Internet Service Providers, then they will face their own legal counter action, and the intense wrath and hatred of many internet users and customers.

If Bank Julius Baer and their lawyers Lavely & Singer" really are stupid enough to bring legal action against an ICANN accredited Domain Name Registrar, then they might find that they have rather more to lose than the $75,000 they are demanding i.e. their own corporate brand name internet domain names !

WikiLeakS.org Domain Name Registration details - note the new contact postal address in Nairobi, Kenya :

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