General Acknowledgments. Employee and Employer expressly agree that the restrictions on Employee's activities imposed under Section 8 are reasonable in their temporal and geographic scope and with respect to the nature of the activities so restricted and that the restrictions on Employee's activities imposed under Section 9 are reasonable and necessary to protect the trade secrets and other Confidential Information of Employer. The parties expressly agree that (i) Employee is benefitted by these restrictions, insofar as other persons in similar managerial positions with Employer have entered or will enter into similar agreements with Employer, (ii) these restrictions are reasonable and necessary to protect Employer and its subsidiaries from loss of property rights and from competing efforts, and (iii) because of these restrictions Employer is willing to share its trade secrets and confidential information with Employee to enable Employee to perform his or her duties. The parties further expressly agree that, if any court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of Section 8 or Section 9 is unreasonable, the court will not declare the provision invalid, but rather will reform and modify the provision, and enforce the provision as reformed and modified, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The existence of any claim or cause of action of Employee against Employer, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, will not constitute a defense to the enforcement by Employer of the provisions of Section 8 or Section 9.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Century Casinos Inc /Co/), Employment Agreement (Century Casinos Inc /Co/)
General Acknowledgments. Employee and Employer expressly agree that the restrictions on Employee's activities imposed under Section 8 are reasonable in their temporal and geographic scope and with respect to the nature of the activities so restricted and that the restrictions on Employee's activities imposed under Section 9 are reasonable and necessary to protect the trade secrets and other Confidential Information of Employer. The parties expressly agree that (i) Employee is benefitted benefited by these restrictions, insofar as other persons in similar managerial positions with Employer have entered or will enter into similar agreements with Employer, (ii) these restrictions are reasonable and necessary to protect Employer and its subsidiaries from loss of property rights and from competing efforts, and (iii) because of these restrictions Employer is willing to share its trade secrets and confidential information with Employee to enable Employee to perform his or her duties. The parties further expressly agree that, if any court of competent jurisdiction determines that any provision of Section 8 or Section 9 is unreasonable, the court will not declare the provision invalid, but rather will reform and modify the provision, and enforce the provision as reformed and modified, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The existence of any claim or cause of action of Employee against Employer, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, will not constitute a defense to the enforcement by Employer of the provisions of Section 8 or Section 9.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Century Casinos Inc /Co/), Employment Agreement (Century Casinos Inc /Co/)