CLASS ACTION SUIT LAUNCHED AGAINST ICANN & NEULEVEL
ICANN, Neulevel (the dot-biz registrar), and a series of
registrars who sell dot-biz domains have been hit with a
class action lawsuit.  The suit alleges that the dot-biz
registration process is an unfair and deceptive trade
practice in violation of the California Business &
Professions Code because it is running as an illegal
lottery.  PDF copy of the complaint at
http://www.lextext.com/smiley.pdf
Coverage at
<http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=266>
http://news.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-6677143-0.html

WHILE TROUBLE WITH NEW.NET MAY BE BREWING
Counsel to New.net has sent ICANN a letter demanding that it
retract "defamatory and libelous statements" contained in
recent ICANN public statements.  The letter suggests that a
lawsuit may be in the offing.  Letter at
http://www.icann.org/correspondence/schecter-letter-to-icann-16jul01.htm