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I support this but how does the State of California have standing?
by staticautomatic 6y ago
I support this but how does the State of California have standing?
- nieve 6y agoICANN is incorporated in California, has their headquarters there, and does significant business. Any of the three would be sufficient, but the incorporation was called out.
- aspenmayer 6y ago‘ICANN received the letter last week, and is fully cooperating with the Attorney General's request for information. ICANN is subject to regulation by the CA-AGO, which is responsible for supervising charitable organizations in California. ICANN is a California public benefit, nonprofit corporation. ICANN and PIR have agreements in place regarding PIR's operation of the .ORG registry and other registries (PIR Registry Agreements).’ https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-01-30-en https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-01-30-en
- comex 6y agoThe original letter [1] explains it. In short, ICANN is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation. At least in theory, there was a possibility that for ICANN to approve the sale would violate the public benefit obligations set out in its bylaws, and the state Attorney General has the power to investigate that. [1] https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/becerra-to-botterman-marby-15apr20-en.pdf https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/becerra...