Permitted Disclosures Clause Example with 11 Variations from Business Contracts

This page contains Permitted Disclosures clauses in business contracts and legal agreements. An example clause is provided at the top of the page, followed by clauses with minor variations. You can view the text differences by selecting the "Show Differences" option.
Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive's attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, inve...stigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; or (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or 5 regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its affiliates that (i) is made (x) in confidence to a Federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive's attorney and (y) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose the trade secret to Executive's attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if Executive files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. View More

Variations of a "Permitted Disclosures" Clause from Business Contracts

Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive's attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, inve...stigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; or (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or 5 regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive you will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its affiliates that (i) (a) is made (x) (i) in confidence to a Federal, state, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive's your attorney and (y) (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) (b) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files you file a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive you may disclose the trade secret to Executive's your attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, proceeding if Executive files you (I) file any document containing the trade secret under seal, seal and does (II) do not disclose the trade secret, secret except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of you have with the Company or its affiliates is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. Further, nothing in any agreement you have with the Company will prohibit or restrict you from making any voluntary disclosure of information or documents related to any violation of law to any governmental agency or legislative body, or any self-regulatory organization, in each case, without advance notice to the Company. The Parties agree that it shall not be a breach of this Agreement if you make any disclosures that are permitted hereunder. 4 8. Cooperation. To the extent provided in Section 5.3 of the Employment Agreement, you agree that, at mutually agreeable times, you will meet with representatives of the Company, or its respective parent or subsidiary company representatives and provide any information you acquired during the course of your employment relating in any way to any legal disputes involving the Company. You further agree that you will cooperate fully with the Company relating to any such litigation matter or other legal matter in which you were involved or which you have knowledge by virtue of your employment with the Company, including any existing or future litigation involving the Company, whether administrative, civil or criminal in nature in which and to the extent the Company deems your cooperation necessary. You will be entitled to reimbursement by the Company of reasonable costs and expenses incurred by you in connection with complying with your obligations under this Section 8. View More
Permitted Disclosures. Nothing Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive's attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participating, coope...rating, or testifying in any action, investigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; or (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or 5 regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive you understand that you will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its affiliates that (i) is made (x) (A) in confidence to a Federal, state, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive's your attorney and (y) (B) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files You understand that if you file a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive you may disclose the trade secret to Executive's your attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, proceeding if Executive files you (x) file any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does (y) do not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement Agreement, or any other agreement between that you have with the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates Company, is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. Further, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement that you have with the Company shall prohibit or restrict you from making any voluntary disclosure of information or documents concerning possible violations of law to, or seek a whistleblower award from, any governmental agency or legislative body, or any self-regulatory organization, in each case, without advance notice to the Company. View More
Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive's attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, inve...stigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; or (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or 5 regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive you will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its affiliates that (i) (a) is made (x) (i) in confidence to a Federal, state, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive's your attorney and (y) (ii) solely for the 3 purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) (b) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files you file a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive you may disclose the trade secret to Executive's your attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, proceeding if Executive files you (I) file any document containing the trade secret under seal, seal and does (II) do not disclose the trade secret, secret except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of you have with the Company or its affiliates is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. Further, nothing in any agreement you have with the Company will prohibit or restrict you from making any voluntary disclosure of information or documents related to any violation of law to any governmental agency or legislative body, or any self-regulatory organization, in each case, without advance notice to the Company. View More
Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive's attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, inve...stigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; or (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or 5 regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive you will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its affiliates that (i) (a) is made (x) (i) in confidence to a Federal, state, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive's your attorney and (y) (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) (b) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files you file a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive you may disclose the 4 trade secret to Executive's your attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, proceeding if Executive files you (I) file any document containing the trade secret under seal, seal and does (II) do not disclose the trade secret, secret except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of you have with the Company or its affiliates is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. Further, nothing in any agreement you have with the Company will prohibit or restrict you from making any voluntary disclosure of information or documents related to any violation of law to any governmental agency or legislative body, or any self-regulatory organization, in each case, without advance notice to the Company. View More
Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive's attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, inve...stigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; or (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or 5 regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive you will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its affiliates that (i) (a) is made (x) (i) in confidence to a Federal, state, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive's your attorney and (y) (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) (b) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files you file a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive you may disclose the trade secret to Executive's your attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, proceeding if Executive files you (I) file any document containing the trade secret under seal, seal and does (II) do not disclose the trade secret, secret except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of you have with the Company or its affiliates is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. Further, nothing in any agreement you have with the Company will prohibit or restrict you from making any voluntary disclosure of information or documents related to any violation of law to any governmental agency or legislative body, or any self-regulatory organization, in each case, without advance notice to the Company. View More
Permitted Disclosures. Nothing Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other agreement between you and the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive's attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participatin...g, cooperating, or testifying in any action, investigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or Company, pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; or (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or 5 regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive you will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its affiliates that (i) is made (x) (A) in confidence to a Federal, state, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive's your attorney and (y) (B) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files you 4 file a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive you may disclose the trade secret to Executive's your attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if Executive files you (i) file any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does (ii) do not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. Further, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement that you have with the Company shall prohibit or restrict you from making any voluntary disclosure of information or documents concerning possible violations of law to, or seek a whistleblower award from, any governmental agency or legislative body, or any self-regulatory organization, in each case, without advance notice to the Company. View More
Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive's attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, inve...stigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; or (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or 5 regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive understands that he will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its affiliates that (i) (a) is made (x) (i) in confidence to a Federal, state, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive's his attorney and (y) (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) (b) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive understands that if he files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive he may disclose the trade secret to Executive's his attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, proceeding if Executive he (I) files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and (II) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement Agreement, or any other agreement between that Executive has with the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates Company, is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. Further, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement that Executive has with the Company shall prohibit or restrict Executive from making any voluntary disclosure of information or documents related to any violation of law to any governmental agency or legislative body, or any self-regulatory organization, in each case, without advance notice to the Company. View More
Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive's attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, inve...stigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; or (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or 5 regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its affiliates that (i) is made (x) (A) in confidence to a Federal, state, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive's his attorney and (y) (B) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose the trade secret to Executive's his attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if Executive (i) files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and (ii) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. Further, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement that Executive has with the Company shall prohibit or restrict Executive from making any voluntary disclosure of information or documents concerning possible violations of law to, or seek a whistleblower award from, any governmental agency or legislative body, or any self-regulatory organization, in each case, without advance notice to the Company. Further, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement that Executive has with the Company, including, without limitation, the Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Agreement between the Company and Executive effective December 1, 2017 ("CIC Agreement"), shall prohibit or restrict the Company Parties (as defined below) from making truthful statements about Executive's employment or departure from the Company or responding to inquiries about Executive. View More
Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive's attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, inve...stigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; or (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or 5 regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its affiliates that (i) (a) is made (x) (i) in confidence to a Federal, state, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive's attorney and (y) (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) (b) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose the trade secret to Executive's attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if Executive (I) files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and (II) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. Further, nothing in any agreement Executive has with the Company shall prohibit or restrict Executive from making any voluntary disclosure of information or documents related to any violation of law to any governmental agency or legislative body, or any self-regulatory organization, in each case, without advance notice to the Company. View More
Permitted Disclosures. Nothing in this Agreement Release or any other agreement between Executive and the Parties Company or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive's attorneys from: (a) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, Release, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (b) participating, coopera...ting, or testifying in any action, investigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; or (c) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement Release or any other agreement between Executive and the Parties Company or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or 5 regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive will not be held criminally or civilly (3) Note to Draft: The circumstances of the termination of employment may warrant that the Company provides forty-five (45) days and an Older Workers Benefit Protection Act chart. (4) Note to Draft: The Company reserves right to insert appropriate name and contact information at time of termination of employment. 3 liable under any Federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its affiliates that (i) is made (x) in confidence to a Federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive's attorney and (y) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose the trade secret to Executive's attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if Executive files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement Release or any other agreement between the Parties Company and Executive or any other policies of the Company or its affiliates is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. View More