<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Second email in thread.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dr Eberhard Lisse</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:el@lisse.na">el@lisse.na</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 11:04 AM<br>Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Accountability questions to law firms<br>To: <a href="mailto:pedro.ivo@itamaraty.gov.br">pedro.ivo@itamaraty.gov.br</a>, <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br><br><br>Interesting questions, but, choice of venue lies with the plaintiff,<br>
hence Californian law does not necessarily apply, can be any other State<br>
where ICANN has a presence, if I am not mistaken.<br>
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>From an accountability perspective nobody claiming immunity for<br>
his/her actions can serve in a function where this might become an<br>
issue, as far as I am concerned.<br>
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I really do not understand the last question (in particular the<br>
internalization part). Never mind that<br>
<br>
Conflict of laws or Private international law (both terms<br>
are used interchangeably) concerns relations across<br>
different legal jurisdictions between persons, and sometimes<br>
also companies, corporations and other legal entities.<br>
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This is from the very interesting article at<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_laws" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_laws</a><br>
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el<br>
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On 2015-04-07 15:41, Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva wrote:<br>
> Dear CCWG-colleagues,<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Please find below a group of questions to be posed to the law firms<br>
> assisting the CCWG-Accountability.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> · Are there any restrictions in California law or in applicable<br>
> federal US-law with respect to government officials (US or<br>
> foreign) becoming statutory members (or designators) of a<br>
> non-profit organization? Would all liabilities applied to US or<br>
> foreign citizens in a membership (or designator) structure equally<br>
> apply to a government official which has legal immunity and<br>
> privileges in the United States?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> · What are the specific legal requirements for a third-party<br>
> which may have approval or veto rights over board decisions and<br>
> what are its liabilities?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> · A community veto (be it exercised in a membership or a<br>
> designator structure) over a bylaw change could be potentially<br>
> reverted through a court decision in California? Same question<br>
> applies to a decision made by an Independent Appeals Panel<br>
> mechanism.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> · The fact that the "board bears ultimate responsibility for<br>
> corporate decisions and must provide oversight of the exercise of<br>
> those powers it has delegated" (Sidley Austin LLP, Initial<br>
> Discussion Draft 1, p. 3) implies that the board may eventually<br>
> revert a community veto (member or designator structure) over its<br>
> own decision or over the budget it has originally approved?<br>
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><br>
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> · Is the Californian Attorney General able to intervene in<br>
> ICANN's operations upon the complaint of a government (US or<br>
> other)? How does this situation relate to norms of international<br>
> private law internalized by the United States?<br>
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> Thanks in advance,<br>
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><br>
><br>
> Secretário Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva<br>
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