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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear IOT members,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On the last IOT, the issue was raised regarding whether the current time limit of 15 days from the initiation of an IRP for motions to intervene or for consolidation is adequate. We had some
research done on other jurisdictional practices on how the deadline/timeframe for intervention and consolidation is treated. Below is some information for the IRP-IOT’s discussion on this matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">Specific Analogous Rules</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICDR Rules<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(</span><a href="https://www.icdr.org/sites/default/files/document_repository/ICDR_Rules.pdf"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.icdr.org/sites/default/files/document_repository/ICDR_Rules.pdf</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">.)</span></u></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Art. 7 Sec. 1 (Joinder): no party may be joined</span> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">after the appointment of any arbitrator</span> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">unless
all parties, including the party to be joined, agree.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Art. 8 (Consolidation): no time limit, though “whether one or more arbitrators have been appointed in more than one of the arbitrations” and “the progress already made in
the arbitrations” are among the “relevant circumstances” that the consolidation arbitrator must consult in deciding whether to consolidate. (Art. 8 Sec. 3.b, 3.c)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No provision for intervention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICC Rules</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/iccwbo.org/dispute-resolution-services/arbitration/rules-of-arbitration/*article_7__;Iw!!PtGJab4!o2ooi5Fr0xLEsybigIiH--Af1WP9RoC3SIZp6F1zcTxKHE7aUj6isdWe-gTPTahOOwSlD4mT$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://iccwbo.org/dispute-resolution-services/arbitration/rules-of-arbitration/*article_7__;Iw!!PtGJab4!o2ooi5Fr0xLEsybigIiH--Af1WP9RoC3SIZp6F1zcTxKHE7aUj6isdWe-gTPTahOOwSlD4mT$"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://iccwbo.org/dispute-resolution-services/arbitration/rules-of-arbitration/#article_7</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#954F72">[iccwbo.org]</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Art. 7 Sec. 1 (joinder): “No additional party may be joined</span> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">after the confirmation or appointment of any
arbitrator, unless all parties, including the additional party, otherwise agree. The Secretariat may fix a time limit for the submission of a Request for Joinder”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Art. 10 (consolidation): no time limit, though the Court “may take into account any circumstances it considers to be relevant, including whether one or more arbitrators
have been confirmed or appointed in more than one of the arbitrations.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No provision for intervention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rule 24 (Intervention): No strict time limit: “upon timely motion” an entity may intervene. “[T]imeliness is to be judged in consideration of all the circumstances, especially
weighing the factors of time elapsed since the inception of the suit, the purpose for which intervention is sought, the need for intervention as a means of preserving the applicant's rights, and the probability of prejudice to those already parties in the
case.” </span> <i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Karsner v. Lothian</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, 532 F.3d 876, 886 (D.C. Cir. 2008) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rule 42 (Consolidation): No time limit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rule 14(a)(1): “A defending party may, as third-party plaintiff, serve a summons and complaint on a nonparty who is or may be liable to it for all or part of the claim against
it. But the third-party plaintiff must, by motion, obtain the court's leave if it files the third-party complaint more than<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>14 days after serving its original answer</b>.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">Summary of rules:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For <b>consolidation</b>, analogous arbitration rules tend not to set a strict time limit; instead, they require or encourage the decision-maker to consider whether an arbitrator
has been appointed and the progress made in the arbitration. Analogous litigation rules tend not to set a deadline at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For <b>intervention</b>, we have not seen analogous arbitration rules. This is not surprising, as we’ve previously noted that intervention does not appear to be a common concept in
arbitration. Litigation rules tend to require “timely” application to intervene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The arbitration rules that set a deadline for <b>joinder</b> tend to say that no party may be joined after an arbitrator has been appointed <i>unless
</i>all the parties, including the party to be joined, agree. Analogous litigation rules for joinder do not set a time limit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Litigation rules for interpleader (by a defendant as a third-party plaintiff, bringing a third-party defendant into the action): FRCP sets the time limit at 14 days after the defendant
serves its original Answer. This might serve as guidance if there are any situations where a Claimant to an IRP or ICANN is seeking to compel the participation of another entity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase">Takeaways for the IOT<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As the IOT considers updating the time limit on motions to intervene and for consolidation, the IOT may wish to consider the overall timeframe for completion of IRPs is recommended to be six
months, and to consider the impact of any timeframe (or lack of timeframe) on the purposes of the IRP as defined in the Bylaws. The IOT may also wish to consider if there are any events from which a timeframe could be “triggered”. For example, we know that
the supplementary procedures currently require notice of the filing of an IRP to be provided to certain persons or entities. Would it make sense to have a timeframe for that group calculated from notice? Understanding that IRP filings are posted on ICANN.org,
would timing from date of posting be appropriate to consider for other persons seeking to join in? If either of the parties to the IOT are seeking to bring a person or entity in, should that type of motion be held to a more stringent timeframe?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards, <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Liz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Elizabeth D. Le<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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