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    <div class="moz-forward-container">Here is the legal memo for the
      Thick whois transition.  We requested a new one today, given that
      lots has happened in the intervening years.<br>
      Cheers Steph<br>
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            <td>[council] Thick WHOIS Legal Review Memorandum</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
            <td>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 23:22:58 +0000</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
            <td>Marika Konings <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:marika.konings@icann.org"><marika.konings@icann.org></a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org"><council@gnso.icann.org></a></td>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear All,<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">As requested
            during the call today, please find attached the legal review
            memorandum which was submitted to the Thick WHOIS IRT on 8
            June 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <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">Marika<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Marika
                Konings<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Senior
              Policy Director & Team Leader for the GNSO, Internet
              Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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