[CCWG-ACCT] Legal counsel engagement enhancements

[Roelof Meijer]

Léon, Mathieu,

You can¹t be serious. I see no reason whatsoever why we would need 2
lawyers per firm and so 4 lawyers per call/meeting. These are reputed
firms and expert lawyers, one of each firm should suffice.
I really take an issue with the amount of money we¹re spending on legal
advice

Best,

Roelof




On 20-06-15 16:35, "accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org on
behalf of León Felipe Sánchez Ambía"
<accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org on behalf of
leonfelipe at sanchez.mx> wrote:

>Dear all,
>
>Just as a follow up to Mathieu¹s email, I would like to clarify that
>lawyers maximum attendance per call/meeting is 2 lawyers per firm.
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>
>León
>
>> El 20/06/2015, a las 16:24, Mathieu Weill <mathieu.weill at afnic.fr>
>>escribió:
>> 
>> Dear Colleagues,
>> 
>> During last week's call, we agreed that the co-chair would engage with
>>the lawyers in order to optimize interactions between our group and the
>>independent legal counsel, taking into account the importance of quality
>>advice as well as the concerns regarding expenses.
>> 
>> We have met today with Holly and Rosemary and this is to report on the
>>ways forward we have agreed on :
>> 
>> * to avoid any misunderstanding on questions, as well as enable a
>>better assessment of costs, we will refrain from certifying questions
>>until :
>>    * a discussion has taken place between lawyers and the colleague
>>asking the question, either through a regular call or through ad hoc
>>calls (such ad hoc calls would obviously be transcribed and open)
>>    * such a discussion has, if need be, produced a clarified version of
>>the question, an estimate of whether the response would require a lot of
>>research, and an indication of the potential value of the research for
>>the group's further deliberations.
>> 
>> * participation of lawyers to meetings and calls will be limited to a
>>maximum of 2. As a consequence, lawyers may not always be able to
>>respond to our questions instantly. In such cases, we will rely on the
>>above certification process.
>> 
>> * a "punch list" of issues will be produced avec Buenos Aires and
>>shared with the group as a project management tool.
>> 
>> We are convinced these simple steps will be useful to get the best
>>value out of the outstanding expertise of our cousel.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> --
>> *****************************
>> Mathieu WEILL
>> AFNIC - directeur général
>> Tél: +33 1 39 30 83 06
>> mathieu.weill at afnic.fr
>> Twitter : @mathieuweill
>> *****************************
>> 
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