[CCWG-ACCT] [Acct-Legal] certification of legal issues requested
Mathieu Weill
mathieu.weill at afnic.fr
Tue Oct 6 16:30:46 UTC 2015
All,
This has been certified during the call
Best,
Mathieu Weill
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Depuis mon mobile, désolé pour le style
> Le 6 oct. 2015 à 16:56, Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org> a écrit :
>
> I request certification of these issues as well.
>
> Robin
>
>
>> On Oct 5, 2015, at 9:47 PM, Jordan Carter wrote:
>>
>> So do I.
>>
>> Best
>> Jordan
>>
>>> On Tuesday, 6 October 2015, Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I support certifying these matters to our counsel for advice.
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:36 AM, Gregory, Holly <holly.gregory at sidley.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To: mathieu.weill at afnic.fr; thomas at rickert.net; leonfelipe at sanchez.mx; ccwg-accountability5 at icann.org
>>>> Cc: Rosemary E. Fei (rfei at adlercolvin.com); Sidley ICANN CCWG; ICANN at adlercolvin.com
>>>> Subject: RE: certification of legal issues requested
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Co-Chairs,
>>>> Consider whether to certify to us the question of whether under ICANN's current structure
>>>> SOs and ACs have legal rights to select directors in line with designator rights under the California statute. Holly and Rosemary.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent with Good (www.good.com)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Gregory, Holly
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 09:38:10 PM
>>>> To: mathieu.weill at afnic.fr; thomas at rickert.net; leonfelipe at sanchez.mx; ccwg-accountability5 at icann.org
>>>> Cc: Rosemary E. Fei (rfei at adlercolvin.com); Sidley ICANN CCWG; ICANN at adlercolvin.com
>>>> Subject: certification of legal issues requested
>>>>
>>>> Dear Co-Chairs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Based on much discussion and a fair degree of confusion evident in the email exchange, we request that you consider certifying the following question to us
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> · What are a director’s fiduciary duties to a California nonprofit public benefit corporation? What is the relationship between these duties and the mission of the corporation?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In addition, we note that Sam Eisner recently provided a note on the email regarding the availability of default judgments should the Board refuse to participate in an IRP. We have a different view and would like you to certify that question to us.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We note as a general matter that we are not able to provide answers to legal questions unless certified but ICANN Legal of course has no such limits. It does put us in a difficult position when we don’t agree, since some may take our silence as an indication of agreement.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Holly and Rosemary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> HOLLY J. GREGORY
>>>> Partner and Co-Chair
>>>> Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Practice Group
>>>>
>>>> Sidley Austin LLP
>>>> 787 Seventh Avenue
>>>> New York, NY 10019
>>>> +1 212 839 5853
>>>> holly.gregory at sidley.com
>>>> www.sidley.com
>>>>
>>>> SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Jordan Carter
>> Chief Executive, InternetNZ
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>> Sent on the run, apologies for brevity
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