Dear Councilors, On Friday, my law firm was formally retained to represent the Coalition For Internet Transparency ("CFIT") (http://www.cfit.info/) in its lawsuit over the anti-competitive award of .COM and .NET to Verisign. For those of you not familiar with this, you can read details of the lawsuit on the ICANN website: http://icann.org/general/litigation-cfit.htm Other lawyers at my firm will handle the day-to-day responsibilities on the case, but I will be providing advice and assistance from time to time. If you have any questions about this or how this representation may affect my work for the ALAC and Council, please let me know. By a separate e-mail, I am sending an updated Statement of Interest to Glen for inclusion on the website. Bret