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From: Lawrence Krauss < > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 9:03 PM To: jeffrey E. Cc: nancy dahl; Lawrence Krauss Subject: Justin.. bill I =ust had the conversation I was dreading.. I tired a variety of =egotiation tactics and after trying 2 or 3 different ones, I made some =eadway.. He has agreed to cut 10% off the bill. or $4k, . =ringing it down from $39.2K to about $35K.. which is frankly better =han I thought I would do.. (I first suggested $30K and told him that I =ad planned at most $25K for the appeal letter.. and I should have =ade that clear to him in advance. Anyway, I was happy he did =ven this since when we began initially talking about specific items at =he $500 level he balked at each one. We also agreed that going =orward nothing significant would be done without discussion of =otential cost and approval by me. He did say that while we =ould discuss specifics when the time comes he thought the appeal =earing, if we do that with him, is likely to cost up to $50K. =nbsp; Anyway, =hat is where it stands.. Of the $35K I am going to pay him at =he end of the month, $15K is retainer, which I will of course get back 4 we let him go.. so I will only be out $20K in available funds for =oving forward if we do it with someone else or alone. LM K Lawrence M. Krauss Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics =epartment Arizona State University, P.O. Box =71404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Officer I Assistant (Jessica): I twitter.comnkraussl I www.lawrencemkrauss.com 1 EFTA_R1_01828487 EFTA02621533