Common use of Nondisclosure of Proprietary and Confidential Information Clause in Contracts

Nondisclosure of Proprietary and Confidential Information. a. Both during Employee’s employment with the Employer Group and after the termination of such employment, whether such termination is voluntary or involuntary, Employee shall keep in confidence and trust all Proprietary and Confidential Information, for so long as the Proprietary and Confidential Information remains confidential or a trade secret, as applicable. Both during Employee’s employment with the Employer Group and after the termination of such employment, whether such termination is voluntary or involuntary, Employee shall not use or disclose Proprietary or Confidential Information without the written consent of Employer, except as may be necessary in the ordinary course of performing Employee’s duties to Employer. Employee shall bear all costs, losses and damages resulting from a breach by Employee of this paragraph. Nothing herein shall prevent Employee from making statements to the extent required by applicable law to respond to an order or subpoena of a court of competent jurisdiction or in response to any subpoena issued by a state or federal governmental agency; provided that Employee will provide Employer with prompt notice of any such legal requirement so that Employer or its designee may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy. Notice is not required where disclosure is required by any governmental agency that directs Employee to refrain from notifying the Employer or with regard to matters before the Securities and Exchange Commission. b. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Employee from (i) making communications related to unlawful acts in the workplace or otherwise protected by applicable law, such as harassment, discrimination, or any other conduct Employee has reason to believe is unlawful, (ii) filing a charge with, reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to, participating in any investigation by, or cooperating with, any governmental agency or entity or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law or regulation, (iii) exercising any rights Employee may have under Section 7 of the U.S. National Labor Relations Act, if any, such as the right to engage in concerted activity, (iv) making disclosures with respect to sexual harassment or sexual assault allegations under federal, state, tribal or local law before the dispute arises and/or (v) communicating directly with, cooperating with, or providing information (including trade secrets) in confidence to, any federal, state, or local government regulator (including, but not limited to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice or the U.S. National Labor Relations Board) for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or from providing such information to Employee’s attorney or in a sealed complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other governmental proceeding. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1833(b), (x) 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: (I) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (II) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal, and (y) if Employee files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Employer Group for reporting a suspected violation of law, Employee may disclose trade secrets to Employee’s attorney and use trade secrets in the court proceeding, if Employee files any document containing trade secrets under seal, and does not disclose the trade secrets, except pursuant to court order.