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    <p><font face="Verdana">Thanks Greg, I sent my earlier email before
        I saw this email of yours, but yes you have rightly picked the
        key points.</font></p>
    <p><font face="Verdana">There will always be some grey zones and overlaps
        in areas of social sciences, including legal studies and
        systems. But the distinction is clear enough to be often spoken
        of in court judgements and so on. In case of private law, the
        state has no interest at all in a situation unless a private
        party seeks enforcement. In case of public law, it is the larger
        society, or the state on its behalf, which has direct stake and
        interest in the issue, and can take up the matter suo motto, or
        on it being brought to its notice by an individual. <br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font face="Verdana">With regard to our current discussion, the
        element of 'choice of jurisdiction' becomes important in showing
        an important difference between these two kinds of laws. In case
        of public law, there is simply no choice of jurisdiction ever.
        You attach yourself to a society, you are subject to its public
        law. No choices here. But in case of private law there can be,
        though not always, the possibility of choice of jurisdiction,
        like two parties entering a contract mutually agreeing on a
        particular jurisdiction for dispute resolution. <br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font face="Verdana">Therefore these two classes of laws have to
        be discussed separately when we do the jurisdiction discussion -
        they admit of entirely different treatment. Public law
        application in fully and inextricably linked to place of
        incorporation/ HQ location/ substantial physical operations. In
        many important cases of private law however there can be a
        choice, and how this choice can and should be exercised will be
        a distinct area of discussion and recommendation of this group.
        However, the discussion and possible recommendation will have to
        be entirely different is case there is no choice of jurisdiction
        involved, which is true for application of public law.  <br>
      </font></p>
    <p><font face="Verdana"></font>parmidner<br>
    </p>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Tuesday 11 October 2016 09:11 PM,
      Greg Shatan wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CA+aOHUQcxZBzSQS-zFw85NMhH=iR3+bKskr=jnL1O1Av+Q5AVQ@mail.gmail.com"
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          <div class="gmail_default"
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I echo Jeff's
            question.</div>
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            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
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          <div class="gmail_default"
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Milton's definition
            is one possible one, but I'm not sure that is what Parminder
            means.  I agree that Milton's tracks my general
            understanding of how those terms might be used in a U.S.
            common law context.  All US legislation is considered
            "Public Law".</div>
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            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br>
          </div>
          <div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">However,
              five minutes of Google</font><font face="times new roman,
              serif" size="1"> </font><font face="verdana, sans-serif">searching
              reveals significantly different uses.  It appears that in
              Civil law, stemming from Roman law, the terms are used
              define (i) laws governing the activities of the state and
              the interaction between the state and the individual or
              private entity vs. laws governing the activities of
              individuals/private entities and their interaction with
              each other.</font></div>
          <div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>
            </font></div>
          <div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">In
              International law, "international public law" governs the
              actions of nations (but may in the case of treaties be
              turned into laws that govern the actions of individuals),
              while "international private law" applies directly to the
              acts of individuals and business entities.</font></div>
          <div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>
            </font></div>
          <div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">There
              also appears to be a usage of these two terms based on how
              the laws are enforced -- a public law is one enforced by
              the state, while a private law is enforced by one
              individual/entity against another.  However, there are
              many laws (at least in the US) that offer both state and
              private causes of action (e.g., both Department of Justice
              or a private plaintiff can bring a claim under the
              Americans with Disabilities Act).  While criminal laws can
              only be enforced by the State (on behalf of the People),
              many criminal laws have civil law counterparts (e.g.,
              murder/manslaughter vs. wrongful death, theft vs.
              conversion, etc.  Broadly, Tort law is a series of private
              causes of action that are roughly equivalent with criminal
              causes of action); of course, imprisonment is exclusively
              a criminal law remedy (at least in the US).  There are
              also concepts (such as Qui Tam and Article 78 proceedings)
              where state action can either be started or challenged by
              private actors under certain circumstances; these further
              blur the public/private distinction in this system of
              classification..</font></div>
          <div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>
            </font></div>
          <div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Finally,
              looking at various items found in the search, it appears
              that there are some countries (both civil and common law
              jurisdictions) where this classification is actively used,
              and others where it is not.  So it is neither universal,
              nor understood the same way when it is used.</font></div>
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          <div class="gmail_default"
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b>Parminder, Can you
              clarify what you mean by "public law" and "private law"? 
              Without a better understanding, it would be premature to
              answer your question.  Alternatively, you could rephrase
              this without reliance on a public law/private law
              dichotomy.  Thanks!</b></div>
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            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><b><br>
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          <div class="gmail_default"
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div>
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      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 11:21 AM,
          Mueller, Milton L <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
              moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu"
              target="_blank">milton@gatech.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Public
                    law is legislation/court precedent, private law is
                    contract.
                  </span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:windowtext">
                          Jeff Neuman [mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com"
                            target="_blank">jeff.neuman@comlaude.<wbr>com</a>]
                          <br>
                          <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 11, 2016 11:20
                          AM<br>
                          <b>To:</b> Mueller, Milton L &lt;<a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu"
                            target="_blank">milton@gatech.edu</a>&gt;;
                          parminder &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net"
                            target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>&gt;;
                          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:ws2-jurisdiction@icann.org"
                            target="_blank">ws2-jurisdiction@icann.org</a><br>
                          <b>Subject:</b> RE: [Ws2-jurisdiction] Our
                          work so far, and a way forward</span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          name="m_-6986821756689306673__MailEndCompose"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Although
                            I am a properly licensed attorney in the
                            United States, I am not clear on what the
                            definition is of “public law” vs. private
                            law.  That  is not a concept that I am
                            familiar with.  Are talking about statutory
                            law vs. common law, or are we talking about
                            private causes of action vs. government
                            causes of action.</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Sorry,
                          but just trying to wrap my head around this
                          and why it matters.</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#0f9347"
                              lang="EN-GB">Jeffrey J. Neuman</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"
                            lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#0f9347"
                              lang="EN-GB">Senior Vice President </span></b><span
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                            lang="EN-GB">| </span><b><span
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                              lang="EN-GB">Com Laude USA</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"
                            lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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                            lang="EN-GB">1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 600</span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#4f4f4f"
                            lang="EN-GB">Mclean, VA 22102, United States</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#4f4f4f"
                            lang="EN-GB">E:
                          </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:jeff.neuman@valideus.com"
                            target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#00b050"
                              lang="EN-GB">jeff.neuman@valideus.com</span></a><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#595959"
                            lang="EN-GB"> or </span><a
                            moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="mailto:jeff.neuman@comlaude.com"
                            target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#00b050"
                              lang="EN-GB">jeff.neuman@comlaude.com</span></a><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#00b050">
                            <span lang="EN-GB"></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#4f4f4f"
                            lang="EN-GB">T: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="tel:%2B1.703.635.7514"
                              value="+17036357514" target="_blank">+1.703.635.7514</a></span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#4f4f4f"
                            lang="EN-GB">M: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="tel:%2B1.202.549.5079"
                              value="+12025495079" target="_blank">+1.202.549.5079</a></span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif;color:#4f4f4f"
                            lang="EN-GB">@Jintlaw</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:windowtext">
                              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="mailto:ws2-jurisdiction-bounces@icann.org"
                                target="_blank">ws2-jurisdiction-bounces@<wbr>icann.org</a>
                              [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="mailto:ws2-jurisdiction-bounces@icann.org"
                                target="_blank">mailto:ws2-jurisdiction-<wbr>bounces@icann.org</a>]
                              <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mueller, Milton L<br>
                              <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 11, 2016
                              10:51 AM<br>
                              <b>To:</b> parminder &lt;<a
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net"
                                target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>&gt;;
                              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="mailto:ws2-jurisdiction@icann.org"
                                target="_blank">ws2-jurisdiction@icann.org</a><br>
                              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ws2-jurisdiction] Our
                              work so far, and a way forward</span></p>
                        </div>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I
                          don’t think the question of public law is out
                          of consideration. There is much talk of
                          “applicable [public] law” when we consider
                          dispute resolution/choice of law, for example.
                          However, it is not clear how  those issues fit
                          into the “jurisdiction layer” model that seems
                          to be clarifying and driving our agenda. So I
                          hope Greg and Vinay can weigh in on that issue
                          for us.
                        </span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">If
                          I understand you correctly, public law issues
                          are analogous to a “stress test;” there is no
                          major issue with it now, but we need to
                          explore how the new ICANN regime will react if
                          something happens. E.g., the European
                          Commission opens an antitrust investigation
                          into ICANN, or a (unlikely) Trump
                          administration pushes a bill through Congress
                          re-regulating ICANN</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:windowtext">
                                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="mailto:ws2-jurisdiction-bounces@icann.org"
                                  target="_blank">ws2-jurisdiction-bounces@<wbr>icann.org</a>
                                [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="mailto:ws2-jurisdiction-bounces@icann.org"
                                  target="_blank">mailto:ws2-jurisdiction-<wbr>bounces@icann.org</a>]
                                <b>On Behalf Of </b>parminder<br>
                                <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 11, 2016
                                3:59 AM<br>
                                <b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ws2-jurisdiction]
                                Our work so far, and a way forward</span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal">On Monday 10 October 2016
                            10:28 AM, Greg Shatan wrote:</p>
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                                  style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">In
                                  order to move forward, and based on
                                  the discussions so far, I suggest the
                                  following approach.</span></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">First,
                                  we should continue the current
                                  approach of defining and refining the
                                  various layers of jurisdiction, and I
                                  encourage you all to go to the Google
                                  doc and add your views.  </span><a
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href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oE9xDIAJhr4Nx7vNO_mWotSXuUtTgJMRs6U92yTgOH4/edit?usp=sharing"
                                  target="_blank"><span
                                    style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/1oE9xDIAJhr4Nx7vNO_<wbr>mWotSXuUtTgJMRs6U92yTgOH4/<wbr>edit?usp=sharing</span></a><span
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">Second,
                                  we won't investigate changing ICANN's
                                  headquarters or incorporation
                                  jurisdiction at this time.  However,
                                  it's not off the table -- if we
                                  identify an issue during our work and
                                  we can't find a less drastic way to
                                  deal with that issue, we will revisit
                                  this point at that time.  We can then
                                  revisit the concerns that people have
                                  raised regarding such a recommendation
                                  in the context of a particular issue.</span></p>
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                          While I can always insert this in the Google
                          doc, I prefer to first discuss this here. (And
                          yes I am repeating it.) The jurisdiction issue
                          is best divided as (1) application of public
                          law, (2) application of private law, (3) the
                          rest of sundry stuff - like about different
                          global offices and interaction with respective
                          domestic jurisdiction (these are of relatively
                          minor significance, and there may not be much
                          to 'decide' about them in advance)<br>
                          <br>
                          Place of incorporation and location of HQ
                          (which is almost always the same) may be the
                          proxy for 'application of public law' but they
                          do not necessarily conflate. US government by
                          decree has given jurisdictional immunities 
                          even to such bodies that are *not* created
                          under international law and simply registered
                          as private bodies, in the US or elsewhere.
                          This certainly is an important possibility to
                          look into for ICANN, which insulates it from
                          application of US public law - in terms of its
                          key organisational activities -- without
                          moving the headquarters or even jurisdiction
                          of incorporation. <br>
                          <br>
                          I will repeat the question I put to the chairs
                          in my last email: "<span
                            style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">are
                            we considering this issue of application of
                            US public law to ICANN, and the problems
                            that it may cause with respect to its policy
                            processes, and being able to appropriately
                            carry out its global governance role? " <br>
                            <br>
                            The concerns around application of public
                            law are very different than those of
                            application of private law -- and often
                            different actors have these two different
                            kinds of concerns. Public law also have
                            application over private law cases.
                            <br>
                            <br>
                            If this group does not intend to get into
                            the 'application of public law' question and
                            stick to issues of private law, then let it
                            decide and state as much in clear terms.
                            Such actors whose interest in the
                            jurisdiction question comes primarily from
                            the public law aspect can then disengage
                            from spending further time in this process -
                            as for instance I will like to do.
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">Third,
                                  we should put aside "confirming and
                                  assessing the gap analysis" for the
                                  moment.  There is still a diversity of
                                  views on what this "gap analysis" was
                                  and what we need to do to confirm and
                                  assess it.  As a result, our time has
                                  been spent discussing the parameters
                                  of the assignment, rather than working
                                  on the assignment itself.  I believe
                                  that we will be better able to define
                                  the scope of this item and move to
                                  substance, if we spend some time
                                  looking at the substance of an issue
                                  that is clearly within our scope.</span></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">After
                                  we finish clarifying the multiple
                                  layers of jurisdiction, we should move
                                  to an issue that is clearly within our
                                  scope -- something we have to do. 
                                  That way we can move to the substance
                                  of the issue and not spend a lot of
                                  time on "scope."</span></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">An
                                  issue that is clearly within our scope
                                  relates to ICANN's jurisdictions for
                                  settlement of disputes (i.e., venue
                                  and choice of law).
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                          One way is to look at this is as concerning
                          the application of private law on iCANN
                          matters.  But then, like in the case of .xxx,
                          what if the dispute invokes a public law (US
                          competition law in this instance) -- which one
                          can be assured that every disputant will do as
                          long as it can find a favourable US public law
                          which seems to side with the way the disputant
                          wants things to go. As we explore the issue of
                          'settlement of disputes' are we going to look
                          only to private law part and not public law?
                          That IMHO would be quite inappropriate. But
                          then if we are going to look into  both
                          private law and public law elements, the
                          discussion gets messy because private law can
                          involve choice of jurisdiction but not public
                          law. This is why I think it is best if we
                          divide our work and discussions as I suggested
                          above, separately about issues of public law
                          and those of private law.
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          But, as I said before, issues of public law
                          are simply out, let us then be clear about it.
                          I request a clarification by the chairs.
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">There
                                  should not be any question that this
                                  is within the scope of our group
                                  (Annex 12 refers to this as the
                                  "focus" for our group).  Based on
                                  Annex 12, this involves looking
                                  at: "The influence that ICANN’s
                                  existing jurisdiction" relating to
                                  resolution of disputes "may have on
                                  the actual operation of policies
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                          Application of US public law on ICANN has
                          enormous influence on 'actual operation of
                          (ICANN) policies'. And so we are very much
                          within our mandate in discussing issues
                          arising from 'public law' aspect.
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">and
                                  accountability mechanisms." I suggest
                                  that we examine this "influence" and
                                  determine what this "influence" is. 
                                  Our work looking at venue and choice
                                  of law in the "multiple layers of
                                  jurisdiction" will help us in this
                                  task.</span></p>
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                          I gave a few instances in my last email of
                          influence of US public law on operation of
                          ICANN policies. Would these examples qualify
                          to be considered under this or not?</p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">A
                                  note on process -- it is very
                                  important that we focus on creating
                                  written material. In our calls, we
                                  should be working on and working from
                                  these written materials. Ultimately,
                                  these writings will feed into our
                                  deliverable.  Put another way, you
                                  should focus your contributions on
                                  adding to the drafts (currently, the
                                  "layers of jurisdiction" document),
                                  rather than on relying solely on oral
                                  interventions in our calls -- after
                                  all we have 168 hours in a week, and
                                  only 1 hour for our call.</span></p>
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                          I agree. Calls can only help confirm or
                          resolve some outstanding issues, and lay
                          further directions. What we can accomplish in
                          writing we should do. In that regard, I also
                          think that to th extent issues can be
                          addressed and resolved in email exchanges here
                          they best be done so...<br>
                          <br>
                          Thanks, parminder </p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,sans-serif">I
                                  look forward to our upcoming call.</span></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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                                  Best regards,</span></p>
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