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USA v. Dotcom et al

  1. February 15, 2013

    Megaupload's Gov't Misconduct Claims Unfounded, US Says

    The U.S. Department of Justice responded Thursday to Megaupload Ltd.'s claims that authorities duped a Virginia federal judge to obtain seizure warrants shutting down the file-hosting site, calling the accusation "sensationalist rhetoric" designed to manipulate court proceedings.

  2. January 03, 2013

    Megaupload Says Feds Duped Court To Get Key Warrants

    Megaupload Ltd., accused of illegally allowing its users to share copyrighted files, on Wednesday claimed the U.S. misled a Virginia federal judge in order to obtain warrants used to search computer servers it was using and seize its domain names.

  3. November 20, 2012

    Megaupload Says Case Should Be Nixed Until Dotcom Is Served

    A Virginia federal judge should toss the U.S. government's copyright-infringement indictment against defunct file-sharing site Megaupload until its founder, Kim Dotcom, is extradited to the U.S. and can be properly served, Megaupload's attorneys argued Monday.

  4. November 02, 2012

    Megaupload Attys Say Feds Violating Due Process

    Federal prosecutors have not allowed alleged piracy website Megaupload.com to mount a proper defense to criminal copyright charges since they were filed in January, attorneys for the defunct site told a Virginia federal judge Thursday, saying the indictment should be tossed.

  5. October 09, 2012

    Megaupload Loses Bid To Toss Criminal Copyright Case

    A Virginia federal judge on Friday refused to throw out the criminal copyright case against Megaupload.com, rejecting the alleged piracy website's argument that it had no U.S. mailing address and could not be properly served.

  6. July 18, 2012

    NZ Judge Exits Kim Dotcom Case After Calling US 'The Enemy'

    The judge in charge of the extradition case that could send Megaupload.com founder Kim Dotcom from New Zealand to Virginia to face criminal copyright charges has stepped down after jokingly referring to the U.S. as "the enemy," a lawyer for Dotcom said Wednesday.

  7. July 16, 2012

    US Says Va. Court Has Jurisdiction In Megaupload Case

    U.S. prosecutors told a Virginia federal court on Friday that it had jurisdiction to hear the case against alleged piracy website Megaupload.com since the site maintained some of the key parts of its business, including servers and data files, in the United States.

  8. June 14, 2012

    Quinn Emanuel May Pose Conflict In Megaupload Case, Feds Say

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's past representations of Google Inc. and other witnesses in the case against alleged piracy website Megaupload.com could introduce conflicts of interest in its proposed representation of the site's founder Kim Dotcom and others, prosecutors said Wednesday.

  9. May 30, 2012

    Megaupload Seeks Dismissal, Funds In Piracy Case

    Attorneys for alleged piracy website Megaupload.com asked a Virginia federal court Wednesday to dismiss the case against their client for lack of jurisdiction, and to release assets held by the federal government to use for the company's legal defense and to resolve concerns over server data preservation.

  10. April 12, 2012

    Quinn, US Spar Over Conflict Of Interest In Megaupload Case

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Megaupload.com prosecutors this week have squared off over whether Quinn Emanuel's past work for potential witnesses YouTube LLC and Google Inc. represents a conflict of interest and should preclude the firm from representing the alleged piracy site.

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