Common use of U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act Clause in Contracts

U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act. You are hereby notified, in accordance with the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, that you will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (a) 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 (b) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. You represent and warrant you have been notified by this Appendix A that if you file a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, you may disclose the Company’s trade secrets to your attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding if you: (x) files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and (y) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.