Re: [ga] MINUTES OF MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

[Andy Gardner <andy@navigator.co.nz>]

At 7:18 AM +1200 23/8/01, DPF wrote:
>On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:49:59 -0500, Bruce James <bmjames@swbell.net>
>wrote:
>
>>      PAYMENT OF LEGAL EXPENSES
>>
>>      During the months of February and May 2001, the fees associated with
>>these outside services were US$105,209.90 and US$78,650.70, respectively.
>>Given the discounts ICANN receives from Jones Day in recognition of its
>>non-profit character, the effective hourly rate for the legal services
>>covered by these two invoices is approximately US$200, well under the rates
>>ordinarily charged by lawyers with comparable experience and credentials for
>>work of this type.
>
>My mathematics works out that in February 2001 there must have then
>been 525 hours spent on ICANN business, which would be least three
>lawyers working full-time just on ICANN issues.

Can we get some sort of discount factored in regarding the registry
agreements that were originally written by Jones Day but were so bad they
needed to be re-done?

And can we assume that since we were told by Jones Day that the new
agreements were non-negotiable, any time they spent in the ensuing
negotiations was done at a zero rated fee?

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