Privileged Communications. (a) Parent agrees, on behalf of itself and, after the Closing, on behalf of the Company, that all communications in any form or format whatsoever between or among any of Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP (the “Firm”), the Company, any of the Company Members, or any of their respective Representatives to the extent that they relate in any way to the negotiation, documentation and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or, beginning on the date of this Agreement, any dispute arising under this Agreement (collectively, the “Deal Communications”) shall be deemed to be retained and owned collectively by the Company Members, shall be controlled by the Equityholders’ Representative on behalf of the Company Members and shall not pass to or be claimed by Parent or, following the Closing, the Company. All Deal Communications that are attorney-client privileged (the “Privileged Deal Communications”) shall remain privileged after the Closing and the privilege and the expectation of client confidence relating thereto shall belong solely to the Equityholders’ Representative and the Company Members, shall be controlled by the Equityholders’ Representative on behalf of the Company Members and shall not pass to or be claimed by any of Parent or, following the Closing, the Company; provided, further, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver by Parent or any of its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company and its Affiliates) of any applicable privileges or protections that can or may be asserted to prevent disclosure of any such communications to any third party.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a dispute arises between Parent or, after the Closing, the Company, on the one hand, and a third party other than a Company Member or Key Person, on the other hand, Parent or, following the Closing, the Company may assert the attorney-client privilege to prevent the disclosure of the Privileged Deal Communications to such third party; provided, however, that neither Parent nor, following the Closing, the Company may waive such privilege without the prior written consent of the Equityholders’ Representative (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). In the event that Parent or, following the Closing, the Company is legally required by governmental order or otherwise to access or obtain a copy of all or a portion of the Privileged Deal Communications, Parent shall, unless prohibi...
Privileged Communications. In furtherance of this Agreement, it is expected that the Parties may, from time to time, disclose to one another privileged communications with counsel, including opinions, memoranda, letters and other written, electronic and verbal communications. Such disclosures are made with the understanding that they shall remain confidential in accordance with this Section 10, that they will not be deemed to waive any applicable attorney-client or attorney work product or other privilege and that they are made in connection with the shared community of legal interests existing between AstraZeneca and Mereo, including the community of legal interests in avoiding infringement of any valid, enforceable patents of Third Parties and maintaining the validity of any patents owned or controlled by the Parties. In the event of any litigation (or potential litigation) with a Third Party related to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof, the Parties shall, upon either Party’s request, enter into a reasonable and customary joint defense agreement. In any event, each Party shall consult in a timely manner with the other Party before engaging in any conduct (e.g., producing information or documents) in connection with litigation or other proceedings that could conceivably implicate privileges maintained by the other Party. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 10.7, nothing in this Agreement shall prejudice a Party’s ability to take discovery of the other Party in disputes between them relating to the Agreement and no information otherwise admissible or discoverable by a Party shall become inadmissible or immune from discovery solely by this Section 10.7.
Privileged Communications. As to all communications among Seller’s Counsel or the Seller’s in-house counsel, on the one hand, and the Seller, any member of the Company Group or Subsidiary thereof, or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives, on the other hand, that relate in any way to the Transactions and that constitute attorney-client privileged communications or are otherwise privileged under Law (collectively, the “Privileged Communications”), the privilege and the expectation of client confidence belongs to the Seller, may be controlled by the Seller and shall not pass to or be claimed by the Purchaser, any member of the Company Group or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof; provided, however, that with respect to any Privileged Communications that (a) are (i) related to the Business or (ii) any assets, Liabilities, Losses, Actions or other matters associated with any Company Group member and (b) are only tangentially related to the Transactions (collectively, the “Excluded Communications”), the privilege and the expectation of client confidence belongs to the applicable Company Group member, may be controlled by such Company Group member and shall pass to and may be claimed by the Purchaser or any member of the Company Group. The Privileged Communications (other than the Excluded Communications) are the Seller’s property, and, from and after the Closing Date, none of the Purchaser, the members of the Company Group or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, nor any Person purporting to act on behalf of the Purchaser, any member of the Company Group or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, shall seek to obtain any such Privileged Communications, whether by seeking a waiver of the privilege or through other means. As to any such Privileged Communications prior to the Closing Date, none of the Purchaser, the members of the Company Group or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, successors or assigns may disclose, use or rely on in any way any of such Privileged Communications after the Closing; provided, however, that the foregoing sentence shall not restrict the ability of the Purchaser, the members of the Company Group or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates to challenge the fact that any communication constitutes a Privileged Communication (other than as a result of the Purchaser becoming the owner of the Purchased Interests). The Seller and its Affiliates may use any such Privileged Communications in connection wi...
Privileged Communications. In furtherance of this Agreement, it is expected that the Parties may, from time to time, disclose to one another privileged communications with counsel, including opinions, memoranda, letters and other written, electronic and verbal communications. Such disclosures are made with the understanding that they shall remain confidential in accordance with this Article 9 (Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure), that they will not be deemed to waive any applicable attorney-client or attorney work product or other privilege and that they are made in connection with the shared community of legal interests existing between AUM and Newsoara, including the community of legal interests in avoiding Infringement of any valid, enforceable patents of Third Parties and maintaining the validity of the AUM Patents. In the event of any litigation (or potential litigation) with a Third Party related to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof, the Parties shall, upon either Party’s request, enter into a reasonable and customary joint defense agreement. In any event, each Party shall consult in a timely manner with the other Party before engaging in any conduct (e.g., producing information or documents) in connection with litigation or other proceedings that could conceivably implicate privileges maintained by the other Party. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 9.7 (Privileged Communications), nothing in this Agreement shall prejudice a Party’s ability to take discovery of the other Party in disputes between them relating to the Agreement and no information otherwise admissible or discoverable by a Party shall become inadmissible or immune from discovery solely by this Section 9.7 (Privileged Communications).
Privileged Communications. It is expected that, in furtherance of this Agreement, the parties will, from time to time, disclose to one another privileged communications with counsel, including opinions, memoranda, letters and other written, electronic and verbal communications. Such disclosures are made with the understanding that they shall remain confidential and that they are made in connection with the shared community of legal interests existing between the parties, including the community of legal interests in avoiding infringement of any valid, enforceable third party patents and in obtaining patent protection for Developed Intellectual Property.
Privileged Communications. As to all communications among counsel for Seller or its Affiliates (including Xxxxx Day and in-house counsel of Seller and/or its Affiliates), Seller and any Affiliate of Seller that relate in any way to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to any Excluded Assets, Excluded Liabilities or Excluded Business (collectively, the “Privileged Communications”), the attorney-client privilege and the expectation of client confidence belongs to Seller and may be controlled by Seller and will not pass to or be claimed by Acquiror or any of their respective Affiliates. The Privileged Communications are the property of Seller, and from and after the Closing none of Acquiror, any other Affiliate of Acquiror or any Person purporting to act on behalf of or through Acquiror (including any Continuing Employee) or any other Affiliate of Acquiror will seek to obtain such communications, whether by seeking a waiver of the attorney-client privilege or through other means. Acquiror further agrees that neither Acquiror nor any of its Affiliates or any of their respective successors or assigns may use or rely on any such Privileged Communications in any Action against or involving any of the Parties after the Closing, and Acquiror waives and will not assert, and agree to cause its Affiliates to waive and not to assert, any attorney-client privilege with respect to such Privileged Communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a dispute arises between Acquiror or any of their Affiliates and a third party (other than a Party or any of their respective Affiliates) after the Closing, Acquiror may assert the attorney-client privilege to prevent disclosure of confidential communications by counsel for Seller or the Seller Group to such third party; provided, however, that neither Acquiror nor any of its Affiliates may waive such privilege without the prior written consent of Seller.
Privileged Communications. In furtherance of this Agreement, it is expected that AstraZeneca and Xxxxxxxxx will, from time to time, disclose to one another privileged communications with counsel, including opinions, memoranda, letters and other written, electronic and verbal communications. Such disclosures are made with the understanding that they shall remain confidential, they will not be deemed to waive any applicable attorney-client privilege and that they are made in connection with the shared community of legal interests existing between Xxxxxxxxx and AstraZeneca, including the community of legal interests in avoiding infringement of any valid, enforceable patents of Third Parties and maintaining the validity of Xxxxxxxxx Patent Rights, AstraZeneca Patent Rights and Joint Patent Rights.
Privileged Communications. At all times pending final resolution of the Claims, information concerning the Scheme, the Claims or an Action exchanged between any of the Lawyers, a Member and / or the Funder is subject to legal professional privilege or common interest privilege. Except upon the Lawyers' prior written recommendation, no party must allow anything that would waive that privilege over any such information.
Privileged Communications. All communications between the Owner’s legal counsel and the Architect, while the Architect is acting as the agent for the Owner under the terms of this Agreement and which relate in any way to the administration of the construction of the Project or to the work of any Contractor, Subcontractor, materialman, or any other person rendering services in connection with the Project, is subject to the attorney-client privileged that can be waived only by the Owner. Any such communications and copies thereof that are written including without limitation, correspondence, notes, memoranda, notes of meetings and conversations that are reduced to writing and the like, upon notice from the Owner’s legal counsel, shall be placed by the Architect in a separate file folder marked "Privileged and Confidential" and shall not be disclosed to any person other than the Architect’s own legal counsel without the express written permission of the Owner. This provision is intended to protect the confidentiality of the Owner’s communications with its counsel when the Architect comes into possession of such information in its capacity as agent of the Owner in the performance of its duties under this Agreement in the event of a dispute between the Owner and a third-party. This paragraph is not intended to impede communications between the Architect and the Architect’s counsel or between the Architect and any Contractor seeking a decision from the Architect on a claim or dispute related to the Project.
Privileged Communications. In furtherance of this Agreement, it is expected that Nestlé and the Company may, from time to time, disclose to one another privileged communications with counsel, including opinions, memoranda, letters and other written, electronic and verbal communications. Such disclosures are made with the understanding that they will remain confidential, they will not be deemed to waive any applicable attorney-client privilege and that they are made in connection with the shared community of legal interests existing between the Company and Nestlé, including the community of legal interests in avoiding infringement of any valid, enforceable patents of Third Parties and maintaining the validity of Company Patent Rights.
