ICANN IRP, Dot Registry New gTLDs INC LLC LLP, Tempest in a Teapot?

UPDATE August 31, 2016: Letter (pdf) to ICANN Board of Directors and ICANN Board Governance Committee from Shaul Jolles, Dot Registry LLC CEO, re: "Correction of Factual Inaccuracies in Reconsideration Request 16-11 in relation to the 9 August 2016 Board Resolutions 2016.08.09.11, 2016.08.09.12, and 2016.08.09.13 in the Dot Registry, LLC v. ICANN (01-14-0001-5004) Independent Review Process (“IRP”) Declaration of 29 July 2016."
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Well, well, well. What have we here:

ICANN Staff appears to collude with EIU in community evaluation.IRP Panel slams ICANN https://t.co/XETn1Dyv81 #ICANN pic.twitter.com/xmZujqDb7j

— .MUSIC (DotMusic) (@mus) August 3, 2016

And: 'Top lawyer must go' – Dot Registry CEO hits out after gTLD battle https://t.co/V5gZrjiHDF

— The Register (@TheRegister) August 4, 2016

Shocking!

ICANN staff improperly supervised, intimately involved in decisions to deny priority for community applicants https://t.co/A2RjHsdDfl #ICANN

— .MUSIC (DotMusic) (@mus) August 4, 2016

ICANN legal wrote language to disqualify TLD application and then attempted to pass it off as independent evaluation https://t.co/89oj22M6Uj

— Milton Mueller (@miltonmueller) August 4, 2016

Looks like #ICANN Board Governance Committee allows legal staff to rig the reconsideration request process. https://t.co/DZMhpu6yra

— thereforeICANN (@thereforeICANN) August 3, 2016

You don't say! 

The honeymoon is officially over for @icann_president https://t.co/9ss0V4Pgme #ICANN

— thereforeICANN (@thereforeICANN) August 4, 2016

Working out of the #ICANN office in #Istanbul this week. pic.twitter.com/M5eELck7MF

— ICANN President (@icann_president) August 3, 2016

Good week to get out of town!

IRP Declaration (decision) and transcript embedded below. Other IRP (Independent Review Process) documents here.

IRP Declaration: this is a split 2-1 decision, dissenting opinion begins on page 65:


IRP Transcript:


UPDATES: See also Delaware Secretary of State letter (pdf) and ICANN Board Resolutions at its August 9, 2016, meeting.

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