On June 15, 2010, our site’s main hosting provider LeaseWeb BV, which is located in the Netherlands, received a legal threat from representatives of Visa International Service Association. The threat was sent from the Brussels office of Jones Day, the eight largest law firm in the world, by a Mr. Sébastien Evrard and claims that our publication of a document titled “Visa International Service Association Response to South African Banking Enquiry” is an “unlawful use” of “copyrighted, confidential, and proprietary material”. However, the document they are referring to is not confidential. In fact, it is openly available on the website of the South African Competition Commission “a statutory body” of the Government of South Africa empowered to “investigate, control and evaluate restrictive business practices, abuse of dominant positions and mergers in order to achieve equity and efficiency in the South African economy”.

The following notice was received by our main hosting provider LeaseWeb BV from the attorneys of Visa International Service Association on June 15, 2010.

Visa International Service Association Response to South African Banking Enquiry, December 2006.

Connections among board of directors and executive leadership of American International Group as of March 20, 2009.