Permitted Conduct Contract Clauses (22)

Grouped Into 2 Collections of Similar Clauses From Business Contracts

This page contains Permitted Conduct clauses in business contracts and legal agreements. We have organized these clauses into groups of similarly worded clauses.
Permitted Conduct. a. Nothing in this Agreement prohibits or prevents you from filing a charge with or participating, testifying, or assisting in any investigation, hearing, or other proceeding before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or a similar agency enforcing federal, state or local anti-discrimination laws. However, to the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree that if such an administrative claim or charge is made to such an anti-discrimination agency, you shall not be entitled to recover... any individual monetary relief or other individual remedies in connection with such claim or charge, and in the event you obtain such monetary relief the Company will be entitled to an offset for the payments made pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, nothing in this Agreement restricts or prohibits you from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiries from, providing testimony before, providing confidential information to, reporting possible violations of law or regulation to, or from filing a claim or assisting with an investigation directly with a self-regulatory authority or a government agency or entity, including without limitation, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Congress, any other federal, state, or local government agency or commission, and any agency Inspector General (collectively, the "Regulators"), or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal, state, or local law or regulation. You do not need the prior authorization of the Company to engage in conduct protected by this paragraph, and you do not need to notify the Company that you have engaged in such conduct. This agreement does not limit your right to receive an award from any Regulator that provides awards for providing information relating to a potential violation of the law. You recognize and agree that, in connection with any such activity outlined above, you must inform the Regulators, your attorney, a court or a government official that the information you are providing is confidential. Despite the foregoing, you are not permitted to reveal to any third-party, including any governmental, law enforcement, or regulatory authority, information you came to learn during the course of your engagement with the Company that is protected from disclosure by any applicable privilege, including but not limited to the attorney-client privilege and/or attorney work product doctrine. The Company does not waive any applicable privileges or the right to continue to protect its privileged attorney-client information, attorney work product, and other privileged information. 6 b. Additionally, pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, you shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (i) is made (1) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (2) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made to your attorney in relation to a lawsuit for retaliation against you for reporting a suspected violation of law; or (iii) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Nor does this Agreement require you to obtain prior authorization from the Company before engaging in any conduct described in this paragraph, or to notify the Company that you have engaged in any such conduct 10. Non-Disparagement: Except as permitted in Paragraph 9 of this Agreement, you agree that you shall not at any time make any written or oral comments or statements of a defamatory or disparaging nature regarding the Company and/or any of the Company Releasees and you shall not make any statement or take any action that would cause or contribute to their being held in disrepute. View More
Found in BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP contract
Permitted Conduct. a. Nothing Subject to your ethical obligations, the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine, and/or any other applicable privileges of the Company, nothing in this Agreement prohibits or prevents the Release shall prohibit or restrict you from filing a charge from: (i) making any disclosure of relevant, necessary and truthful non-privileged information or documents in connection with any charge, action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement or as required ...by law or legal process or (ii) participating, testifying, cooperating, or assisting providing truthful testimony in any charge, action, investigation, hearing, or other proceeding before with, or providing non-privileged information to, any self-regulatory organization, governmental agency or legislative body, or the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or a similar agency enforcing federal, state or local anti-discrimination laws. However, Company's Legal Department, provided that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, upon receipt of any subpoena, court order or other legal process compelling the disclosure of any such information or documents, you agree give prompt written notice to Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., 5455 East High Street, Suite 111, Phoenix, Arizona 85054, attention Chief Legal Officer so as to permit the Company to protect its interests in confidentiality to the fullest extent possible. To the fullest extent provided by law, you acknowledge and agree, however, that if such an administrative claim or charge is made pursuant to such an anti-discrimination agency, the Release, you shall not be entitled are waiving any right to recover monetary damages or any individual monetary other form of personal relief or other individual remedies in connection with any such claim charge, action, investigation or charge, and in proceeding. To the event extent you obtain such receive any personal or monetary relief in connection with any such charge, action, investigation or proceeding, the Company will be entitled to an offset for the payments made pursuant to Paragraph 3 of this Agreement. In addition, nothing Agreement, to the fullest extent provided by law. b. Nothing in this Agreement Agreement, the Release, the Confidentiality, Non-Competition, and Non-Solicitation Agreement, or the Employment Agreement, restricts or prohibits you from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiries from, providing testimony before, providing confidential information to, reporting possible violations of law or regulation to, or from filing a claim or assisting with an investigation directly with a self-regulatory authority or a government agency or entity, including without limitation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Congress, any other federal, state, or local government agency or commission, and any agency Inspector General (collectively, the "Regulators"), or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal, state, state or local federal law or regulation. You do not need However, to the prior authorization of maximum extent permitted by law, you are waiving your right to receive any individual monetary relief from the Company to engage or any others covered by the Release resulting from such claims or conduct, regardless of whether you or another party has filed them, and in conduct protected by this paragraph, and the event you do not need to notify obtain such monetary relief the Company that you have engaged in such conduct. will be entitled to an offset for the payments made pursuant to this Agreement. This agreement Agreement does not limit your right to receive an award from any Regulator that provides awards for providing information relating to a potential violation of the law. You recognize and agree that, in connection with any such activity outlined above, you must inform do not need the Regulators, your attorney, a court or a government official that the information you are providing is confidential. Despite the foregoing, you are not permitted to reveal to any third-party, including any governmental, law enforcement, or regulatory authority, information you came to learn during the course prior authorization of your engagement with the Company that is to engage in conduct protected from disclosure by any applicable privilege, including but this Paragraph, and you do not limited to the attorney-client privilege and/or attorney work product doctrine. The Company does not waive any applicable privileges or the right to continue to protect its privileged attorney-client information, attorney work product, and other privileged information. 6 b. Additionally, pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, you shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (i) is made (1) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (2) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made to your attorney in relation to a lawsuit for retaliation against you for reporting a suspected violation of law; or (iii) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Nor does this Agreement require you to obtain prior authorization from the Company before engaging in any conduct described in this paragraph, or need to notify the Company that you have engaged in any such conduct 10. Non-Disparagement: Except as permitted conduct. Please take notice that federal law provides criminal and civil immunity to federal and state claims for trade secret misappropriation to individuals who disclose a trade secret to their attorney, a court, or a government official in Paragraph 9 of this Agreement, you agree certain, confidential circumstances that you shall not are set forth at any time make any written 18 U.S.C. ยงยง 1833(b)(1) and 1833(b)(2), related to the reporting or oral comments or statements investigation of a defamatory or disparaging nature regarding the Company and/or any suspected violation of the Company Releasees and you shall not make any statement law, or take any action that would cause or contribute to their being held in disrepute. connection with a lawsuit for retaliation for reporting a suspected violation of the law. View More
Found in Sprouts Farmers Market contract
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Permitted Conduct. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict you from lawfully (A) initiating communications directly with, cooperating with, providing information to, causing information to be provided to, or otherwise assisting in an investigation by any government or regulatory agency, entity, or official(s) (collectively, "Governmental Authorities") regarding a possible violation of any law; (B) responding to any inquiry or legal process directly to you individually (and not directed to the Company)... from any such Governmental Authorities; (C) testifying, participating or otherwise assisting in an action or proceeding by any such Governmental Authorities relating to a possible violation of law; or (D) making any other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any applicable law. Additionally, pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, you shall 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 to your attorney in relation to a lawsuit for retaliation against you for reporting a suspected violation of law; or (c) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Nor does this Agreement require you to obtain prior authorization from the Company before engaging in any conduct described in this Paragraph, or to notify the Company that you have engaged in any such conduct. View More
Found in MARLIN BUSINESS SERVICES CORP contract
Permitted Conduct. Nothing in this Agreement or its exhibits shall prohibit or restrict the Company or you from lawfully (A) initiating communications directly with, cooperating with, providing information to, causing information to be provided to, or otherwise assisting in an investigation by any government governmental or regulatory agency, entity, or official(s) (collectively, "Governmental Authorities") regarding a possible violation of any law; (B) responding to any inquiry or legal process directly directed ...to you individually (and not directed to the Company) Company and/or its subsidiaries) or to the Company from any such Governmental Authorities; (C) testifying, participating participating, or otherwise assisting in an action or proceeding by any such Governmental Authorities relating to a possible violation of law; or (D) making any disclosures to the SEC or other disclosures that are Governmental Authority or as may be protected under the whistleblower provisions of any applicable law. You may also disclose the requirements of Paragraph 11 to a future employer. Additionally, pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, you shall 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 to your attorney in relation to a lawsuit for retaliation against you for reporting a suspected violation of law; or (c) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Nor does this Agreement require you to obtain prior authorization from the Company before engaging in any conduct described in this Paragraph, or to notify the Company that you have engaged in any such conduct. This Agreement also does not require the Company to obtain prior authorization from you before engaging in any conduct described in this Paragraph, or to notify you that the Company has engaged in any such conduct. View More
Found in F45 Training Holdings Inc. contract
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