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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Brilliant thanks Greg exactly what I was hoping to hear.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Looking forward to working with Holly and the Sidley team in the coming weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Greg Shatan [mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 09, 2015 6:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> James Gannon<br>
<b>Cc:</b> cwg-stewardship@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Sidley Austin LLP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">James,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think you can rest assured on your two bullet points. I think Jonathan summarized it well when he said above "<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">the client relationship has been clearly defined and emphasized
in the retention letter in that <i>ICANN has instructed Sidley to take direction exclusively from and provide advice and consultation exclusively to the CWG, primarily through the CWG’s Client Committee</i>." This is a key point in the engagement letter.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Kevin Espinola of Jones Day was involved in the law firm interviewing process. He was very helpful and did not push any "agenda" in the process that I could see. It was actually
quite useful to me in particular to have another U.S. "outside" lawyer involved in the process. No other Jones Day attorneys were involved. I can't see anything that ICANN Legal or Jones Day di that would assist them in preparing their own legal advice
in parallel (though they are free to do so, of course), or to steer the type of advice we will will get. So I think it's just your imagination, runnin' away with you (to paraphrase The Temptations).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Greg</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 12:47 PM, James Gannon <<a href="mailto:james@cyberinvasion.net" target="_blank">james@cyberinvasion.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m listening to the recording at the moment and just noticed a comment from San Eisner that I don’t think was addressed on the call:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">>Samantha Eisner: Holly, on the CWG list, I think that it's our responsibility to flag for you the items that we consider as important<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can we just have a definitive clarification of a couple items: <o:p></o:p></p>
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That the CWG is guiding assignments not ICANN Legal or Staff<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
That ICANN Legal will not be guiding or limiting the advise given by Sidley<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And I would like to know the role of Jones Day in this process, I not a number of references to Jones Day and to Kevin Espinola specifically. I understand ICANN Leal being involved due to the costs structuring etc. Is ICANN preparing its
own (Dissenting?) legal advice through this process in parallel or is that just my mind running away with a minor point.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888">James Gannon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888">Director - Cyber Invasion Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888">Dublin, Ireland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 9 Mar 2015, at 15:47, Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" target="_blank">mueller@syr.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Congratulations, I think the Client Committee made a wise choice, at least based on the limited materials we were provided.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Can we clarify now that the Sidley Austin team’s client is the CWG itself, as a whole, and not just the client committee? </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">--MM</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="14bff7115b597cdc__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>
[<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jonathan Robinson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 8, 2015 5:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org" target="_blank">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CWG-Stewardship] Sidley Austin LLP</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dear All,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">As of Friday 6 March, the CWG-Stewardship has engaged Sidley Austin LLP to advise and consult on the CWG’s development of a transition proposal.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In the past two weeks, the Client Committee shortlisted three firms, interviewed each of them, and retained one. We chose to retain Sidley primarily because they envisaged the
engagement as consultation rather than pure advice. In addition, Sidley presented a strong governance focus as well as specific experience with the U.S. political environment (including a former Congressman and a former Department of Commerce appointee). </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sidley is aware of the CWG’s tight timeframe and accepts the requirement for highly transparent work methods. Also, the client relationship has been clearly defined and emphasized
in the retention letter in that <i>ICANN has instructed Sidley to take direction exclusively from and provide advice and consultation exclusively to the CWG, primarily through the CWG’s Client Committee</i>.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sidley has no previous client relationship with ICANN. No conflicts were identified, however please note that Greg Shatan and Holly Gregory from Sidley worked at the same firm
over a decade ago.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Client Committee will meet with Sidley Austin on Monday. This call will be recorded and transcribed and we will then provide an update to the CWG on Tuesday’s call, where
we also plan to introduce the Sidley team to the CWG.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Best wishes,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Jonathan & Lise</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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