Contract analysis

1. Scope of Engagement 1.1 Investigation Phase The Firm will conduct a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding the departures of the following three former Lumos employees: (a) Rajiv Anand, former Principal Engineer — ML Infrastructure, who resigned from Lumos effective September 30, 2022; (b) Serena Mallick, former Senior Software Engineer — Data Pipelines, who resigned from Lumos effective Oc

2. Staffing and Key Personnel The following attorneys have been assigned to this matter and will comprise the core engagement team: Marcus Delgado — Responsible Partner. Mr. Delgado is a Partner in the Firm's intellectual Property practice. He will have overall responsibility for the engagement, including strategic direction, supervision of the engagement team, key decision-making, and management of the attorney-clie

3. Fees and Billing Arrangements 3.1 Hourly Rates The Firm will bill for services rendered in connection with this engagement on an hourly basis. The current standard hourly rates for the attorneys initially assigned to the matter are as follows: In the event that additional attorneys or paralegals are assigned to the engagement, their applicable hourly rates will be provided to Lumos upon their assignment. Time will

4. Client Responsibilities The effectiveness of the Firm's representation depends in significant part on Lumos's active cooperation and engagement throughout the course of this matter. Accordingly, Lumos agrees to the following: (a) Cooperation and Access. Lumos will cooperate fully with the Firm, including by providing timely access to all relevant documents, data, electronic records, personnel, and information reas

5. Confidentiality and Privilege All communications between Lumos and the Firm regarding this engagement, including oral and written communications, memoranda, analyses, strategy discussions, and work product, are intended to be and shall be protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or the work product doctrine to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The Firm will maintain the confidentiality of all i

6. Conflicts of Interest The Firm has conducted a thorough conflicts check in connection with this engagement, including a search of the Firm's client and matter databases for any current or former representation that could give rise to a conflict of interest. Based on the results of that conflicts check, the Firm is not presently aware of any conflict of interest that would preclude or limit its representation of Lu

7. Termination of Engagement Either party may terminate this engagement at any time upon written notice to the other party. Termination of the engagement will not relieve Lumos of its obligation to pay all professional fees and expenses incurred by the Firm through the effective date of termination, including any unbilled time and unreimbursed expenses. In the event of termination, the Firm will cooperate fully in th

8. No Guarantee of Outcome Lumos acknowledges that the practice of law involves inherent uncertainty and risk. While the Firm will exercise its best professional judgment and provide vigorous advocacy on Lumos's behalf, the Firm cannot and does not guarantee any particular outcome in the investigation, any pre-litigation activities, or any litigation that may result from this engagement. The outcome of any legal matt

9. Document Retention Upon the conclusion of this engagement, the Firm will retain the matter file in accordance with its standard document retention policies. Under the Firm's current policies, matter files are retained for a minimum of seven (7) years following the closure of the matter, unless a longer retention period is required by applicable law, regulation, or court order. At the expiration of the applicable r

10. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution This engagement letter, and the attorney-client relationship established hereby, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. In the event that any dispute arises out of or relates to this engagement letter or the Firm's representation of Lumos hereunder, including any dispute rega

11. Acceptance and Execution If the foregoing terms are acceptable to Lumos, please indicate the Company's agreement by having an authorized representative sign and date this letter in the space provided below and return a fully executed copy to the Firm. The executed copy, together with the initial retainer deposit of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), should be delivered to the Firm within ten (10) b