Whistleblower Protection and Trade Secrets Contract Clauses (12)

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This page contains Whistleblower Protection and Trade Secrets clauses in business contracts and legal agreements. We have organized these clauses into groups of similarly worded clauses.
Whistleblower Protection and Trade Secrets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Agreement prohibits Executive from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any United States government agency or entity in accordance with the provisions of and rules promulgated under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or any other whistleblower protection provisions of state or federal law or regulation (including the right to rece...ive an award for information provided to any such government agencies). Furthermore, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 1833, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement: (i) Executive shall not be in breach of this Agreement, and shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law (A) for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (B) for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal; and (ii) 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 may 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. View More
Found in Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp. contract
Whistleblower Protection and Trade Secrets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Agreement prohibits Executive the Employee from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any United States government governmental agency or entity in accordance with the provisions of and rules promulgated under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 1934 or Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or any other whistleblower protection provisions of state or federal law or regulati...on (including the right to receive an award for information provided to any such government agencies). Furthermore, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § Section 1833, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement: (i) Executive the Employee shall not be in breach of this Agreement, and shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law (A) for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (B) for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal; and (ii) if Executive the Employee files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company Corporation for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive the Employee may disclose the trade secret to Executive's the Employee's attorney, and may use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if Executive the Employee files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. View More
Found in Vita Coco Company, Inc. contract
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