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From: Lawrence Krauss Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 9:52 PM To: jeffrey E. Subject: Re: Justin.. bill actually it is $1K better than we hoped for.. for what =hat is worth.. actually it is worth $1K. :) Lawrence M. Krauss Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics =epartment Arizona State University, P.O. Box =71404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Off I twitter.com/ www.lawrencemkrauss.com On Sep 21, 2018, at 2:28 PM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: ok, as we thought. . next =top the 28th. and then decision time On Fri, =ep 21, 2018 at 5:02 PM, Lawrence Krauss wrote: 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 539.2K 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 =f 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. =rauss Professor EFTA_R1_01831095 EFTA02622772  School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department Arizona State = Research Office <mailto www.lawrencemkrauss.com please =ote The information contained in this =ommunication is confidential, may be attorney-client =rivileged, may constitute inside information, and is =ntended only for the use of the addressee. It is the =roperty of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure =r copying of this communication or any part thereof is =trictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have =eceived this communication in error, please notify us =mmediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this =ommunication and all copies thereof, including all =ttachments. copyright -all rights reserved 2 EFTA_R1_01831096 EFTA02622773