I picked a couple more juicy ones from <a href="http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=141106">this story</a>:<div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
The two adult studio plaintiffs also contend that ICANN, which oversees the Internet, provided "no competitive process for the award of the .XXX registry contract." <br></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
"[ICM Registry CEO] Stuart Lawley has announced that he expects to be able (and intends) to prevent the establishment of any other (potentially competing) adult-content TLDs, including through a contractual promise by ICANN not to approve such TLDs,"</blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>Researching I did notice that there was a somewhat similar antitrust case filed against ICANN and Verisign in 2005. </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://wadnd.com/Complaint(ver4).pdf" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 187); background-image: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-right: 18px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">http://wadnd.com/Complaint(ver4).pdf</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I don't think that one got too far.</div><div><br></div><div>j</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Nuno Garcia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ngarcia@ngarcia.net">ngarcia@ngarcia.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I can find a couple of points where I think their argument doesn't hold. If I was an ICANN attorney, I would enjoy preparing this case :)<div>
<div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 November 2011 19:55, Nicolas Adam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nickolas.adam@gmail.com" target="_blank">nickolas.adam@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I have some choice quote below. Any comment on the merit of Manwin's
case?<br>
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