Document ID: 10051

Text:
(b) Confidentiality. Executive agrees that Executive will not, directly or indirectly, use, make available, sell, disclose or otherwise communicate to any person or entity, other than in the course of Executives assigned duties hereunder and for the benefit of the Employer, either while Executive is employed by the Company hereunder or at any time thereafter, any business and technical information or trade secrets, nonpublic, proprietary or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Employer whether the foregoing will have been obtained by Executive during Executives employment hereunder or otherwise. The foregoing will not apply to information that (i)was known to the public prior to its disclosure to Executive; (ii)becomes generally known to the public or in the Employers industry subsequent to disclosure to Executive through no wrongful act by Executive or any of Executives representatives; or (iii)Executive is required to disclose by applicable law, regulation or legal process (provided that Executive provides the Company with prior notice of the contemplated disclosure and cooperates at the Companys cost with the Company in seeking a protective order or other appropriate protection of such information). The Company and Executive acknowledge that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, pursuant to 18 USC 1833 (b), an individual may not be held liable under any criminal or civil federal or state trade secret law for disclosure of a trade secret: (i)made in confidence to a government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or (ii)in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. The Company and Executive further acknowledge that an individual suing an employer for retaliation based on the reporting of a suspected violation of law may disclose a trade secret to his attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, so long as any document containing the trade secret is filed under seal and the individual does not disclose the trade secret except pursuant to court order.

Named Entities:
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Tokenized Text:
(
b
)
Confidentiality
.
Executive
agrees
that
Executive
will
not
,
directly
or
indirectly
,
use
,
make
available
,
sell
,
disclose
or
otherwise
communicate
to
any
person
or
entity
,
other
than
in
the
course
of
Executives
assigned
duties
hereunder
and
for
the
benefit
of
the
Employer
,
either
while
Executive
is
employed
by
the
Company
hereunder
or
at
any
time
thereafter
,
any
business
and
technical
information
or
trade
secrets
,
nonpublic
,
proprietary
or
confidential
information
,
knowledge
or
data
relating
to
the
Employer
whether
the
foregoing
will
have
been
obtained
by
Executive
during
Executives
employment
hereunder
or
otherwise
.
The
foregoing
will
not
apply
to
information
that
(
i
)
was
known
to
the
public
prior
to
its
disclosure
to
Executive
;
(
ii
)
becomes
generally
known
to
the
public
or
in
the
Employers
industry
subsequent
to
disclosure
to
Executive
through
no
wrongful
act
by
Executive
or
any
of
Executives
representatives
;
or
(
iii
)
Executive
is
required
to
disclose
by
applicable
law
,
regulation
or
legal
process
(
provided
that
Executive
provides
the
Company
with
prior
notice
of
the
contemplated
disclosure
and
cooperates
at
the
Companys
cost
with
the
Company
in
seeking
a
protective
order
or
other
appropriate
protection
of
such
information
)
.
The
Company
and
Executive
acknowledge
that
,
notwithstanding
anything
to
the
contrary
contained
in
this
Agreement
,
pursuant
to
18
USC
1833
(
b
)
,
an
individual
may
not
be
held
liable
under
any
criminal
or
civil
federal
or
state
trade
secret
law
for
disclosure
of
a
trade
secret
:
(
i
)
made
in
confidence
to
a
government
official
,
either
directly
or
indirectly
,
or
to
an
attorney
,
solely
for
the
purpose
of
reporting
or
investigating
a
suspected
violation
of
law
or
(
ii
)
in
a
complaint
or
other
document
filed
in
a
lawsuit
or
other
proceeding
,
if
such
filing
is
made
under
seal
.
The
Company
and
Executive
further
acknowledge
that
an
individual
suing
an
employer
for
retaliation
based
on
the
reporting
of
a
suspected
violation
of
law
may
disclose
a
trade
secret
to
his
attorney
and
use
the
trade
secret
information
in
the
court
proceeding
,
so
long
as
any
document
containing
the
trade
secret
is
filed
under
seal
and
the
individual
does
not
disclose
the
trade
secret
except
pursuant
to
court
order
.