Actually, I seem to remember statements that the IANA stuff was all
pro-bono?
Should I dig them up from the archives?
"Martin B. Schwimmer" wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> >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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> >
> >
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