If the $500k covers fees pre-ICANN then who were the services rendered on
behalf of (and who signed off on the retainer)? IANA? Then it's IANA's
bill. Did ICANN pick up IANA's bills?
At 11:41 AM 7/25/99 -0700, you wrote:
>On Sun, Jul 25, 1999 at 12:23:46PM -0400, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote:
>> 500 thou divided by $350 is 1428 billable hours, divided by 8 (normal
>> billing day) is approx 178. There have been only about 200 working days
>> since ICANN was formed in October. Should've hired in-house if you need
>> all day every day legal assistance.
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>The assistance of Jones-Day goes back considerably before the start
>of ICANN -- they were involved in the drafting of the original draft
>bylaws that were out for discussion during the entire IFWP process.
>Also, there have been at least two Jones-Day lawyers involved. I
>can't speak to the advisability of hiring in-house, though.
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