Document ID: 11508

Text:
B. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Executive is hereby notified, in accordance with the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 , that the Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (a) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. The Executive is further notified that if he or she files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Employer for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Executive may disclose the Employers trade secrets to his or her attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding if the Executive (a) files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and (b) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Further, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing contained herein prohibits the Executive from reporting, without the prior authorization of the Employer and without notifying the Employer, possible violations of federal law or regulation to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,

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Tokenized Text:
B
.
Notwithstanding
anything
herein
to
the
contrary
,
the
Executive
is
hereby
notified
,
in
accordance
with
the
Defend
Trade
Secrets
Act
of
2016
,
that
the
Executive
will
not
be
held
criminally
or
civilly
liable
under
any
federal
or
state
trade
secret
law
for
the
disclosure
of
a
trade
secret
that
:
(
a
)
is
made
(
i
)
in
confidence
to
a
federal
,
state
,
or
local
government
official
,
either
directly
or
indirectly
,
or
to
an
attorney
;
and
(
ii
)
solely
for
the
purpose
of
reporting
or
investigating
a
suspected
violation
of
law
;
or
(
b
)
is
made
in
a
complaint
or
other
document
that
is
filed
under
seal
in
a
lawsuit
or
other
proceeding
.
The
Executive
is
further
notified
that
if
he
or
she
files
a
lawsuit
for
retaliation
by
the
Employer
for
reporting
a
suspected
violation
of
law
,
the
Executive
may
disclose
the
Employers
trade
secrets
to
his
or
her
attorney
and
use
the
trade
secret
information
in
the
court
proceeding
if
the
Executive
(
a
)
files
any
document
containing
the
trade
secret
under
seal
;
and
(
b
)
does
not
disclose
the
trade
secret
,
except
pursuant
to
court
order
.
Further
,
notwithstanding
anything
in
this
Agreement
to
the
contrary
,
nothing
contained
herein
prohibits
the
Executive
from
reporting
,
without
the
prior
authorization
of
the
Employer
and
without
notifying
the
Employer
,
possible
violations
of
federal
law
or
regulation
to
the
United
States
Securities
and
Exchange
Commission
,