Challenging Confidentiality Designations
Challenging Confidentiality Designations Sample Clauses
Related to Challenging Confidentiality Designations
Confidentiality; Publicity (a) Each Party agrees that during the Interim Period and for a period of three (3) years after the expiry of the Interim Period, they shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to: (i) treat and hold in strict confidence any Confidential Information of any other Party that is disclosed to such Party or its Representatives, and, without the disclosing Party’s prior written consent, will not use such Confidential Information for any purpose, except in connection with the evaluation, negotiation and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, performing their obligations hereunder or thereunder or enforcing their rights hereunder or thereunder (collectively, the “Permitted Purposes”), nor directly or indirectly disclose, distribute, publish, disseminate or otherwise make available to any third party any Confidential Information, except that each Party may disclose any Confidential Information (i) to its Affiliates, and its and its Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, partners, professional advisors, investors and permitted transferees, in each case on a need-to-know basis only for any of the Permitted Purposes and where such Persons are under appropriate nondisclosure obligations; or (ii) to the extent required by applicable Laws. In the event that a Party or any of its Representatives, during the Interim Period and for a period of three (3) years after the expiry of the Interim Period, becomes legally required to disclose any Confidential Information of any other Party, such Party shall provide the disclosing Party to the extent legally permitted with prompt written notice of such requirement so that the disclosing Party or a Representative thereof may seek, at the disclosing Party’s cost, a protective order or other remedy, and in any event, it shall furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information which is legally required to be provided and to exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party and its Representatives shall be permitted to disclose any and all Confidential Information to the extent required by the Federal Securities Laws, the staff of the SEC or the rules of the Nasdaq.
Exceptions to Confidentiality The Receiving Party’s obligations set forth in this Agreement shall not extend to any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party:
Indemnification Related to Confidentiality of Materials The Contractor will protect, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Department for claims, costs, fines, and attorney’s fees arising from or relating to its designation of materials as trade secret or otherwise confidential.
