Common use of Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 Clause in Contracts

Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016. The Company provides notice to Employee pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 that: (a) An individual will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (1) 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 (2) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal; and (b) An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual (1) files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and (2) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016. The Company provides notice to Employee pursuant to Executive may have certain rights under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 that: (a) 2016, Pub. L. 114-153. An individual will shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal Federal or state State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that that: (1A) is made 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 (2B) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal; and (b) . An individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the individual individual: (1X) files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and (2Y) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.