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In-House Counsel

Jun. 20, 2013

John O. Jeffrey

Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers Los Angeles


The goal of ICANN, as the organization is known, is straight-forward, yet it's anything but simple. In 1998, the U.S. government tasked the Los Angeles-based nonprofit to help preserve the operational stability of the Internet.


That goal is currently being tested, as familiar website endings such as dot-com and dot-net are about to meet new top-level domain names like dot-book, dot-game and dot-dad. For anyone willing to pay for the rights, just about anythi...

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