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    <p>Just forwarding the notes and action items from the EPDP Legal
      committee which I attended yesterday.  It was painful, as
      expected.  Some of the questions are being reformatted.  Let  me
      know if you have any questions.  Next EPDP meeting is tomorrow
      14:00 UTC<br>
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    <p>Stephanie Perrin.  <br>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Subject:
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            <td>[Gnso-epdp-legal] Notes and action items - EPDP Phase 2A
              Legal Committee meeting - 2 Feb 2021</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Tue, 2 Feb 2021 18:16:13 +0000</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Caitlin Tubergen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:caitlin.tubergen@icann.org"><caitlin.tubergen@icann.org></a></td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gnso-epdp-legal@icann.org">gnso-epdp-legal@icann.org</a>
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gnso-epdp-legal@icann.org"><gnso-epdp-legal@icann.org></a></td>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Legal
            Committee Members:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please find
            below the notes and
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              action items</a> from today’s call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best
            regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Berry,
            Marika, and Caitlin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">EPDP Phase 2A <o:p>
              </o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Legal Committee –
              Meeting #01</span></b><span
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              style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Proposed Agenda</span></b><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Tuesday
            2 February 2021 at 14.00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <span
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                first call will be spent on the pre-homework, which
                included reviewing the questions assigned to the legal
                committee and categorizing them by:
                <o:p></o:p></span>
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                  <span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Who
                    should address: legal committee or B&B?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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                  <span
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                    B&B, what is the priority level (low, medium, or
                    high)?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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                  <span
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                    would a response to this question assist the EPDP
                    Team in answering the questions assigned from the
                    GNSO Council?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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                related to external counsel<o:p></o:p></span>
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                  <span
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                    meeting, questions raised re: funds.
                    <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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                  <span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Because
                    this is a shorter-term engagement, unlike Phase 1
                    and 2, there is no dedicated budget. Important to
                    note that while there is budget available, these
                    expenses will be absorbed into the core policy
                    budget. Ultimately this means EPDP Leadership asks
                    the group to be conservative with respect to
                    questions forwarded to B&B.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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            vs. natural
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Review
            homework provided<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <span
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              to explain provided rationales (why this needs to be
              addressed by B&B, or, conversely, how this has already
              been addressed)<o:p></o:p></span>
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                    style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Question 1:
                    Given that a registrant is already offered the
                    option to provide consent to publication, wouldn’t
                    the self-designation as an Organization (with
                    suitable advance notification of consequences)
                    result in substantially the same issue/risk for the
                    Contracted Party?</span></i><i><span
                    style="font-family:"Times New
                    Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Mechanisms
                  around consent are quite complex, and this is
                  something CPs already have to deal with. Publishing
                  legal information could be a less burdensome measure
                  as this information is not protected under the GDPR.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">If
                  CPs required registrants to self-identify, along with
                  implementing safeguards listed in B&B memo (such
                  as notification of consequences in plain language,
                  etc.) An answer to this question is to help address
                  more of the CPs’ concerns.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The
                  issue of consent is complicated by the fact that the
                  biggest problem noted by B&B is that if you have
                  personal information in the registrant data, that
                  might be personal information of someone other than
                  the person who is registering the name, completing the
                  info, and receiving the notice.
                </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The
                  question of if the registration contains personal
                  information is what is important, not if it’s a legal
                  or natural person registrant.
                </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">If
                  the personal information is personal info of the
                  person registering and consenting, that would be OK,
                  but the issue is we do not know if the personal info
                  provided is the same as the person registering the
                  name.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Separate
                  out the two issues we’re talking about. The thrust of
                  the question is not if a legal person can consent to
                  publication; the question is asking whether the risk
                  CPs are already facing in terms of how they deal with
                  consent is in any way different in magnitude with the
                  publishing the info of legal persons. This is a
                  comparison question – is the risk comparable? We want
                  to make sure that a legal registrant is not somehow
                  providing personal information that is not its own.
                  The EPDB has provided guidance and advice and has said
                  that as we evaluate these policies, we should clearly
                  instruct legal persons to avoid providing personal
                  information of other people. </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">This
                  is a policy question and not something our outside
                  counsel can help with. We already have information on
                  the challenges, risks, and how to obtain consent
                  especially in the tricky subject of third-party
                  consent. This is more appropriate to be discussed in
                  plenary.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
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                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The
                  risk scenario is now shifted given the NIS2 directive.
                  In particular with respect to legal v. natural, there
                  will be a requirement in European law that contracted
                  parties make this distinction. </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">NIS2
                  does have language that would play into this quite
                  directly, we’re still talking about a period of 18
                  months until it’s agreed to. There will be a few years
                  before NIS2 comes into play. </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Disagree
                  with this perspective. The ICANN community was behind
                  the eight ball in updating WHOIS policy b/c of GDP,
                  and it would be a mistake to ignore an impending
                  regulation again. </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">It’s
                  not possible to make the differentiation by looking at
                  what type of person it is. It is hard to make policies
                  based on laws that might come to pass. Cannot
                  implement something that is still subject to change,
                  since this is a directive not a regulation.
                </span><o:p></o:p></li>
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                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">There
                  is nothing wrong anticipating new developments in the
                  legal framework. The lesson to be learned post-GDPR is
                  that we should anticipate developments and that is why
                  this question is relevant if we want to make policy on
                  the basis of good analysis.
                </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Cannot
                  ascertain legal risks until you see how the directive
                  will be implemented. There is a difference b/w
                  watching and blowing a legal budget when things are
                  still in play. A good exercise to go through would be
                  not that we are finally addressing legal v. natural,
                  we need to do some risk assessment on what we’re doing
                  to drive criminal activity. This risk assessment is
                  not up to the legal committee to decide.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Chair
                  proposal: clear that some of us interpret the question
                  somewhat differently. Small group: Laureen, Hadia,
                  Volker and Becky to further work on this question. </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Question
                  2:
                  <i>Do the measures required by the Transparency and
                    Fairness Principles (i.e., explaining that if the
                    registrant identifies as a legal person then their
                    data will be published) contribute to mitigating the
                    liability risk of an inaccurate designation? Note
                    advice given in Technical Contacts memo (1/22/19 at
                    ¶ 11 “registrars will need to provide notice to the
                    technical contact within the earlier of one month or
                    first communication with the data subject.”</i></span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">There
                  are already principles in place that would mitigate
                  the liability risk. The advice from B&B talks
                  about explaining the risks if you are a legal person;
                  B&B technical contacts memo also discusses giving
                  notice to those who may have their info published.
                </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Not
                  entirely certain how this question is different than
                  the technical contacts memo. That memo mentions
                  seeking confirmation from someone who may not be the
                  registrant.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">This
                  question is a cart before the horse issue b/c it
                  presumes certain policy decisions that have not been
                  made. If you determine that legal entity =
                  publication, you suddenly create an issue for small
                  legal entities that have the same data as their
                  company and might result in other legal risks. Need to
                  determine what this differentiation would mean in
                  policy before asking this question.
                </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">There
                  is a policy question about automatic publication is if
                  someone is designated as a legal person. This question
                  has been clearly answered in the legal v. natural
                  memo. Do we already have the answer to this, which is
                  – yes, this is one thing that could help.
                </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The
                  first legal v. natural memo addresses this question –
                  this is one way to mitigate risk. This comes down to
                  addressing this question as a plenary. (paragraph 18
                  in particular)</span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">This
                  question needs refining – agree that these are already
                  identified as mitigating the risk. Perhaps the better
                  question is: what is the magnitude of the risk if you
                  follow the measures proposed by B&B – is it a de
                  minimis risk or is it a significant risk? Would be
                  helpful to get more pinpointed guidance on the
                  magnitude of the risk.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Action:
                  Laureen to refine question 2 to focus on the magnitude
                  of the risk.
                </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Question
                  3:
                  <i>Legal Memo 1, #25 implies that it is sufficient to
                    send a confirmation email explaining in clear detail
                    the implication of the Legal/Natural determination
                    that the Registrar has made. There is no mention
                    that this confirmation message needs to be responded
                    to.  Phase 2 Memo #18, although on a somewhat
                    different topic, implies a positive response is
                    needed. Please provide clarity as to how lack of
                    response can be interpreted. Does the situation
                    change if paper mail is used? Note that in both
                    cases, the registrant has an obligation to have
                    provided accurate contact details.</i></span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Question
                  should be rephrased. The importance of this question:
                  in order to approve the accuracy of
                  self-identification, B&B suggested sending a
                  confirmation email to the registrant and technical
                  contact. </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Given
                  that this is the consequence, does that suffice as
                  sufficient for this requirement? For the practicality,
                  it is not hard to implement something like that. Must
                  first define the consequence, and until this homework
                  is completed, it’s too early to ask a question.
                </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Suggest
                  rephrasing the question and bring it back again and
                  meanwhile we can all think about the consequences.
                </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Is
                  the question really – can you rely on just this notice
                  or do you need affirmative consent from an individual
                  whose contact info is disclosed in the registration of
                  a legal person?</span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Question:
                  if we send out emails to individuals involved in a
                  domain name registration and assume a response to the
                  notification is consent to publication, isn’t coupling
                  consent with something else? This is a non-starter b/c
                  we would unduly combine consent with something else –
                  this would mean it would be coupled, and therefore not
                  freely given.
                </span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Not
                  looking for providing consent with this – it’s a
                  confirmation email, the response would be
                  acknowledgement</span><o:p></o:p></li>
              <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l3
                level2 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">If
                  there is no consequence to making this
                  differentiation, it is legal, but as soon as you
                  attach a consequence (such as publication), the risk
                  becomes higher, and this is a plenary discussion.</span><o:p></o:p></li>
            </ul>
          </li>
        </ul>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Legal
            Committee Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
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                "Times New Roman"">     
              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Feasibility
            of unique contacts
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Review
            homework provided
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">See
            <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UCP86uPZJBA_oh_4lfa6GwisfqnXUgbi5kdq-VOQCS0/edit"
              moz-do-not-send="true">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UCP86uPZJBA_oh_4lfa6GwisfqnXUgbi5kdq-VOQCS0/edit</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Proponents
            to explain provided rationales (why this needs to be
            addressed by B&B, or, conversely, how this has already
            been addressed)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <span
                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Legal
                Committee Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></li>
          </ol>
        </ol>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Wrap
            and confirm action items and homework<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <ol style="margin-top:0in" type="a" start="1">
          <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l2
            level1 lfo4"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Confirm
              action items and homework</span><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span>
            <ol style="margin-top:0in" type="i" start="1">
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                <span style="font-size:11.0pt">LC members to review the
                  <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vofZIqnY-xCaKMte1q_tiAwAfGwkwsu1/edit"
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                    Feasibility of Unique Contacts terminology table</a>
                  and provide edits or additional clarification, if
                  deemed necessary, by Friday, 5 February.
                  <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></li>
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                <span style="font-size:11.0pt">Becky, Laureen, and
                  Volker to review <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/156jajwvAkl1l5VsdWXpznrghkKyMUD2bhKkS20X7Xrg/edit"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">
                    Question 1</a> in the Legal v. Natural Table and
                  provide updates based on the Legal Committee’s
                  discussion. The updated version is due by Monday, 8
                  February in time for the next Legal Committee meeting.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></li>
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                <span style="font-size:11.0pt">Laureen to review <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/156jajwvAkl1l5VsdWXpznrghkKyMUD2bhKkS20X7Xrg/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs"
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                    Question 2</a> in the Legal v. Natural Table and
                  update the text based on the magnitude of the risk by
                  Monday, 8 February.
                  <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></li>
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                <span style="font-size:11.0pt">LC members to revisit the
                  questions for <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/156jajwvAkl1l5VsdWXpznrghkKyMUD2bhKkS20X7Xrg/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs"
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                    Legal v. Natural</a> and <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UCP86uPZJBA_oh_4lfa6GwisfqnXUgbi5kdq-VOQCS0/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs"
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                    Feasibility</a> in advance of the next meeting and,
                  taking into account the discussion from the meeting as
                  well as the limited budget, provide additional
                  feedback as to why outside counsel review is necessary
                  and would assist in moving the plenary team forward on
                  GNSO Council instructions. Additionally, LC members
                  may wish to rephrase questions if they believe edits
                  may provide additional clarity.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
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