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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`DEAL GENIUS, LLC, a Delaware Limited
`Liability Company,
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`Plaintiff,
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`O2COOL, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability
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`SPECIAL MASTER REPORT NO. 13
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`SUMMARY OF SERVICES
`RENDERED AND REQUEST FOR
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`No. 21 C 2046
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`Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole
`Special Master Philip J. Favro
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`Pursuant to the Court’s September 23, 2022 Order Appointing Philip Favro As Special
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`Master (“Special Master Appointment Order”),1 the Special Master hereby provides the following
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`REPORT which memorializes the services he has rendered from June 01, 2023 through June 30,
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`2023 (hereinafter the “Relevant Time Period”) in the above-captioned litigation (“Action”).
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`During the Relevant Time Period, I have spent a total of 11.25 hours on the Action.
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`The services I have rendered on this matter generally include the following: Review
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`and analysis of orders, related court filings, and the Parties’ respective positions regarding the
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`email dispute that “has so bitterly divided counsel” for Deal Genius and O2COOL as memorialized
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`in the Special Master Appointment Order and the Court’s September 21, 2022 minute order
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`(“9/21/22 Minute Order”),2 along with possible spoliation issues arising from the deletion of
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`emails belonging to a certain former employee of Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant Deal
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`1 Docket No. 75, filed September 23, 2022.
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`2 Docket No. 71, filed September 21, 2022.
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`Case: 1:21-cv-02046 Document #: 146 Filed: 07/10/23 Page 2 of 2 PageID #:2950
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`Genius, LLC (“Deal Genius”); communications with the Court and counsel for Deal Genius and
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`Defendant and Counterclaimant O2COOL, LLC (“O2COOL”) regarding the email dispute and
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`spoliation issues and related matters; review and analysis of transcripts from court hearings and
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`conferences between the Parties; legal research and analysis; and preparation of an order
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`addressing the Parties’ dispute over elusion testing.
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Minute Order dated October 10, 2022 (“10/10/22 Minute
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`Order”), my billable rate for this matter is $595 per hour.3 This rate reflects a reasonable and
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`prevailing rate for special master compensation in the locality for this type of service. At the
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`billable rate of $595 per hour, the total cost of the services I have rendered during the Relevant
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`Time Period is $6,693.75.
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`Accordingly, the Special Master requests that payment in the amount of $6,693.75
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`be remitted to Philip Favro and Innovative Driven within 30 days of the filing date of this
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`REPORT. In accordance with the Special Master Appointment Order and the 10/10/22 Minute
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`Order, Deal Genius and O2COOL shall respectively remit payment for fifty (50%) percent—
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`$3,346.88—of the $6,693.75 sum.
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`SIGNED this 7th day of July, 2023
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`BY THE SPECIAL MASTER:
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` Philip J. Favro
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`3 Docket No. 78, filed October 10, 2022.
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