On Jul 14, 2016, at 5:53 PM, Drazek, Keith <kdrazek@verisign.com> wrote:

Agreed. Access to independent legal advice was never in question.

That said, in the interest of controlling costs, I have no problem seeking input from ICANN’s internal lawyers on issues that are deemed non-contentious or where potential conflicts do not exist.

Keith -

That is my view as well - no concerns with using the most-cost effective

approach in the normal course of business, so long as that does not

preclude access to independent counsel when requested by the CCWG.

/John

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