Common use of Confidentiality; Competition Clause in Contracts

Confidentiality; Competition. a. The Employer possesses and will continue to possess confidential information to which the Employee may gain access. For the purposes hereof, all non-public information about the business and affairs of the Employer (including, without limitation, business plans, real and personal property leases, financial, engineering and marketing information and information about costs, mining and processing methods, suppliers and customers, including such information created by Employee and confidential information of others obtained by Employer pursuant to confidentiality agreements) constitute “Employer Confidential Information.” Employee acknowledges that he will have access to and knowledge of Employer Confidential Information, and that improper use or disclosure of same by the Employee during or after the Employment Term could cause serious injury to the business of the Employer. Accordingly, the Employee agrees that he will forever keep secret and inviolate all Employer Confidential Information which comes into his possession, and that he will not use the same for his own private benefit, or directly or indirectly for the benefit of others, and that he will not disclose such Employer Confidential Information to any other person except as necessary in the proper pursuance of his duties. All of the foregoing shall not prohibit Employee from disclosing Confidential Information if required by law, regulation or other legal process. In the case of any such compelled disclosure, Employee shall promptly notify Employer of such requirement in order that Employer may seek confidential treatment of the Confidential Information.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Employment Agreement (Rhino Resource Partners LP)

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Confidentiality; Competition. a. (a) The Employer possesses and will continue to possess confidential information to which the Employee may gain access. For the purposes hereof, all non-public information about the business and affairs of the Employer (including, without limitation, business plans, real and personal property leases, financial, engineering and marketing information and information about costs, mining and processing methods, suppliers and customers, including such information created by Employee and confidential information of others obtained by Employer pursuant to confidentiality agreements) constitute “Employer Confidential Information.” Employee acknowledges that he will have access to and knowledge of Employer Confidential Information, and that improper use or disclosure of same by the Employee during or after the Employment Term could cause serious injury to the business of the Employer. Accordingly, the Employee agrees that he will forever keep secret and inviolate all Employer Confidential Information which comes into his possession, and that he will not use the same for his own private benefit, or directly or indirectly for the benefit of others, and that he will not disclose such Employer Confidential Information to any other person except as necessary in the proper pursuance of his duties. All of the foregoing shall not prohibit Employee from disclosing Confidential Information if required by law, regulation or other legal process. In the case of any such compelled disclosure, Employee shall promptly notify Employer of such requirement in order that Employer may seek confidential treatment of the Confidential Information.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Employment Agreement (Rhino Resource Partners LP)

Confidentiality; Competition. a. (a) The Employer possesses and will continue to possess confidential information to which the Employee may gain access. For the purposes hereof, all non-public information about the business and affairs of the Employer and its affiliates (including, without limitation, business plans, real and personal property leases, financial, engineering and marketing information and information about costs, mining and processing methods, suppliers and customers, including such information created by Employee and confidential information of others obtained by Employer pursuant to confidentiality agreements) constitute “Employer Confidential Information.” Employee acknowledges that he will have access to and knowledge of Employer Confidential Information, and that improper use or disclosure of same by the Employee during or after the Employment Term could cause serious injury to the business of the Employer. Accordingly, the Employee agrees that he will forever keep secret and inviolate all Employer Confidential Information which comes into his possession, and that he will not use the same for his own private benefit, or directly or indirectly for the benefit of others, and that he will not disclose such Employer Confidential Information to any other person except as necessary in the proper pursuance of his dutiesduties or if requested by a valid court subpoena. All of The Employee will provide the foregoing shall not prohibit Employee from disclosing Confidential Information if required by law, regulation or other legal process. In the case Employer prompt written notice of any such compelled disclosure, Employee shall promptly notify Employer of such requirement in order request so that Employer it may seek confidential treatment of the Confidential Informationobtain a protective order.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Employment Agreement (Rhino Resource Partners LP)

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Confidentiality; Competition. a. (a) The Employer possesses and will continue to possess confidential information to which the Employee may gain access. For the purposes hereof, all non-public information about the business and affairs of the Employer (including, without limitation, business plans, real and personal property leases, financial, engineering and marketing information and information about costs, mining and processing methods, suppliers and customers, including such information created by Employee and confidential information of others obtained by Employer pursuant to confidentiality agreements) constitute “Employer Confidential Information.” Employee acknowledges that he will have access to and knowledge of Employer Confidential Information, and that improper use or disclosure of same by the Employee during or after the Employment Term could cause serious injury to the business of the Employer. Accordingly, the Employee agrees that he will forever keep secret and inviolate all Employer Confidential Information which comes into his possession, and that he will not use the same for his own private benefit, or directly or indirectly for the benefit of others, and that he will not disclose such Employer Confidential Information to any other person except as necessary in the proper pursuance of his duties. All of Employee’s obligations with respect to the foregoing Confidential Information shall not prohibit apply to any information which is (i) either at the time of disclosure, or later becomes, through disclosure by someone other than Employee, public domain, or commonly known through the industry or (ii) received by Employee from disclosing Confidential Information if required by law, regulation or other legal process. In a third party who does not owe a duty of confidentiality to the case of any such compelled disclosure, Employee shall promptly notify Employer of such requirement in order that Employer may seek confidential treatment of the Confidential InformationEmployer.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Employment Agreement (Rhino Resource Partners, L.P.)

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