Dear Greg:
Thanks for the update and your offer--"If there are any specific subjects you would like me to try to cover, please let me know"--

1. Each prospective firm's understanding of the scope of representation required by CWG-Stewardship in this matter.

2. Each prospective firm’s experience, generally, in Corporate (including non-profit), Contract, and Trust law and litigation (state and federal), and specifically, in California and the New York Supreme Court (Manhattan) jurisdictions.

3. Each prospective firm's understanding of the identity of the client in this matter, and the respective roles of ICANN, ICANN legal staff, and ICANN counsel.

In addition, it may be helpful if you would explain to CWG-Stewardship the specific role(s) being played within the Client Committee and its processes by ICANN staff, including specifically, Samantha Eisner, a member of the ICANN legal staff who you indicated "will also be on the calls"--e.g., (a) Why is Samantha Eisner on the calls? (b) What role has and is she playing within the Client Committee? (c) Will she also be asking questions and interviewing the prospective firms, if so, why? (d) Did ICANN unilaterally disqualify or eliminate from consideration any of the prospective firms originally on the Client Committee list, and if so, can you identify the firm(s) and the reason given?

Finally, given that your scheduled interviews will be completed March 2, and you have indicated further steps will be required thereafter, what is now your best estimate of the date when a firm will actually be retained and available to CWG-Stewardship as independent legal counsel?

Best regards,

John Poole

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:42:52 -0500
From: Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc@gmail.com>
To: "cwg-stewardship@icann.org" <cwg-stewardship@icann.org>
Subject: [CWG-Stewardship] Client Committee -- Further Update
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All:

The Client Committee has now scheduled conference calls with each of the
three "short list" firms. These meetings are scheduled for Thursday,
February 26, Friday, February 27, and Monday, March 2. The calls are
expected to last 60-90 minutes.

In addition to the Client Committee, Leon Sanchez, a member of the CCWG
legal committee, will be sitting in on most, if not all, of the calls.
Samantha Eisner, a member of the ICANN legal staff, will also be on the
calls.

Each of the firms have seen the legal scoping document and the Singapore
discussion document, and provided a link to the CWG's wiki page They were
also informed of today's US Senate hearing beforehand.

As noted before, we will ask the firms' permission to reveal their
identities at this stage and for permission to circulate their
submissions. We will also make clear to them that, if chosen, the
representation should be designed to meet transparency and accountability
standards beyond those typically encountered in the attorney-client
relationship (which tend to value confidentiality and the maintenance of
the attorney-client privilege)

I expect that we will schedule a call for as soon as possible after the 3
meetings take place to discuss and compare the firms and move forward
toward engaging one of the firms on our behalf. We may also have further
prep/debrief calls around the conferences.

In a addition, we are in the process of preparing documents to memorialize
our initial selection criteria/process, so that it can be better
understood. We will keep you informed of the process as it progresses. If
there are any specific subjects you would like me to try to cover, please
let me know.

Greg

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*Gregory S. Shatan