[CCWG-ACCT] Responses to questions from Jones Day
James M. Bladel
jbladel at godaddy.com
Sun Feb 8 06:17:39 UTC 2015
My concern:
-IF- these questions and responses (particularly #3-#5) are indeed taken as valid legal advice, then they lay the groundwork for arguing to re-domicile ICANN outside of California.
Thank you,
J.
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James Bladel
GoDaddy
> On Feb 8, 2015, at 13:05, Burr, Becky <Becky.Burr at neustar.biz> wrote:
>
> The questions and answers are interesting as advocacy but cannot be considered legal advice for our work
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Feb 8, 2015, at 12:19 PM, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <leonfelipe at sanchez.mx> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Answering your questions:
>>
>> Keith.- The questions were presented by the Co-Chairs at our Frankfut
>> meeting as a high-level first approach to what we should be focusing on
>> achieving. They were also discussed at the CCWG call of January 27. We
>> then asked Staff to pass the questions through ICANN legal so they
>> referred this questions to Jones Day. The document are the responses
>> prepared by Kevin Espinola of Jones Day. The goal was to get a very rapid
>> response on some basic questions the group wanted answers on.
>>
>> Jordan.- I believe Adam has clarified where the questions came from and
>> how they got into Jones Day for response which is in line with what I have
>> replied to Keith.
>>
>> Phil.- Nobody said this was the advice we are taking. Please see this
>> document as one more input document tat will feed our work, just as the
>> CWG legal document has fed it. This is NOT intended to be taken as the
>> legal advice we¹re looking for although in the end it might (or might not)
>> be compatible with what we need.
>>
>> I hope this clarifies the doubts and concerns raised so far.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> León
>>
>>> El 08/02/2015, a las 12:05, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el at lisse.NA> escribió:
>>>
>>> Phil,
>>>
>>> opinions of dependent lawyers are as interesting as the ones of
>>> independent ones :-)-O
>>>
>>> el
>>>
>>>> On 2015-02-08 11:48 , Jordan Carter wrote:
>>>> Phil, yes - the CCWG agreed with that in Frankfurt. It was felt it might
>>>> be helpful to understand the view of the company and its representatives
>>>> as well as an independent view, if I recall correctly.
>>>> Jordan
>>>>
>>>> On 8 February 2015 at 11:36, Phil Corwin <psc at vlaw-dc.com
>>>> <mailto:psc at vlaw-dc.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Jones Day cannot be regarded as an objective and neutral source of
>>>> legal advice or opinions on anything related to ICANN. Indeed, any
>>>> statement made by Jones Day must be regarded as the views of ICANN,
>>>> its long-standing client.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>>>>
>>>> Philip S. Corwin, Founding Principal
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>>>>
>>>> "Luck is the residue of design" -- Branch Rickey
>>>> *From: *Drazek, Keith
>>>> *Sent: *Sunday, February 8, 2015 11:14 AM
>>>> *To: *León Felipe Sánchez Ambía
>>>> *Cc: *CCWG Accountability
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Responses to questions from Jones Day
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Leon,
>>>>
>>>> Do I understand you correctly that Jones Day developed both the
>>>> questions and the answers? Did the CCWG request this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Keith
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 8, 2015, at 10:18 AM, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía
>>>> <leonfelipe at sanchez.mx <mailto:leonfelipe at sanchez.mx>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please find attached the responses from Jones Day for questions
>>>>> prepared by Kevin Espinola. I would like to ask you to please
>>>>> review the document so we can further discuss it in our session
>>>>> tomorrow.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would also like to remind the group that this is a first step
>>>>> which runs parallel to what the legal sub-team is doing in
>>>>> coordination with the CWG “legal client”. The aim is to have this
>>>>> responses reviewed by the legal sub-team as well as by the larger
>>>>> CCWG so we can determine how to better validate this responses
>>>>> with the external legal advisors when we engage with said external
>>>>> advice.
>>>>>
>>>>> I look forward to a fruitful session with all of you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> León
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <Accountability Questions for CCWG - from Jones Day.pdf>
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