Common use of Compliance with Defend Trade Secrets Act Clause in Contracts

Compliance with Defend Trade Secrets Act. The Employee acknowledges that he or she is hereby notified that, in accordance with the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, 18 U.S.C. § 1833, the Employee will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If the Employee files a lawsuit for retaliation against the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Employee may disclose the trade secrets of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries to the Employee’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding if the Employee files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

Compliance with Defend Trade Secrets Act. The Employee acknowledges that he or she is hereby notified that, in accordance with the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, 18 U.S.C. § 1833, the Employee will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If the Employee files a lawsuit for retaliation against the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries for reporting a 8 suspected violation of law, the Employee may disclose the trade secrets of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries to the Employee’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding if the Employee files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.