Exceptions to Confidential Treatment. Confidential Information shall not include information that: (a) is publicly available at the time disclosed, (b) is or becomes publicly available through no fault of the receiving party, or its employees, contractors or agents, (c) is rightfully communicated to the receiving party by persons not bound by confidentiality obligations, (d) is already in the receiving party’s possession free of any confidentiality obligations at the time of disclosure, or (e) is independently developed by the receiving party. The receiving party may disclose Confidential Information to the limited extent necessary: (a) to comply with Law or the order of a court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental body having authority over such party, provided that the party making the disclosure will first have given notice to the other party, unless the party is prohibited by Law or such court or body from providing such notification, or (b) to make such court filings as may be required to establish a party’s rights under the Agreement.
Exceptions to Confidential Treatment. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no party hereto shall be prohibited from using or permitting the use of, or required to hold in confidence, any information to the extent that (i) such information has been or is in the public domain through no fault of such party, (ii) such information is, after the Distribution Date, lawfully acquired from other sources by such party, or (iii) this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any other agreement entered into pursuant hereto permits the use or disclosure of such information by such party.
Exceptions to Confidential Treatment. The obligations under this Section 14 do not apply to any Confidential Information that the Receiving Party can demonstrate (i) was previously known to the Receiving Party without any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party or its Affiliates to hold it in confidence, (ii) is disclosed to third parties by the Disclosing Party or its Affiliates without an obligation of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party or its Affiliate, as applicable, (iii) is or becomes available to any member of the public other than by unauthorized disclosure by the Receiving Party, its Affiliates or its or their Personnel, (iv) was or is independently developed by the Receiving Party or its Affiliates or Personnel without use of the Confidential Information, (v) legal counsel’s advice is that the Confidential Information is required to be disclosed by Applicable Law or the rules and regulations of any applicable Governmental Authority and the Receiving Party has complied with Section 14(d) (Protective Arrangement), or (vi) legal counsel’s advice is that the Confidential Information is required to be disclosed in response to a valid subpoena or order of a court or other governmental body of competent jurisdiction or other valid legal process and the Receiving Party has complied with Section 14(d) (Protective Arrangement).
Exceptions to Confidential Treatment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the preceding provisions of this Section 9 will not apply to information that: (a) is publicly available or in the public domain at the time disclosed, (b) is or becomes publicly available or enters the public domain through no fault of the recipient, (c) is rightfully communicated to the recipient by persons not bound by confidentiality obligations with respect thereto, (d) is already in the recipient’s possession free of any confidentiality obligations with respect thereto at the time of disclosure, (e) is independently developed by the recipient, or (f) is approved for release or disclosure by the disclosing Party without restriction. Each Party may disclose Confidential Information to the limited extent necessary: (a) to comply with the order of a court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental body having authority over such Party, provided that the Party making the disclosure pursuant to the order will first have given notice to the other Party and made a reasonable effort to obtain a protective order, (b) to comply with applicable law or regulation requiring such disclosure, or (c) to make such court filings as may be required to establish a Party’s rights under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, and, subject to applicable law, Blackboard shall have the right to share individual Authorized End User Confidential Information to the extent it has received consent for such sharing from such Authorized End User.
Exceptions to Confidential Treatment. The obligations of Section 8.1 shall not apply to any Confidential Information that: (a) Recipient knew before learning it under this Agreement, as demonstrated by written records predating the date it was learned under this Agreement; (b) is now, or becomes in the future, publicly available except by an act or omission of Recipient; (c) a Third Party discloses to Recipient without any restriction on disclosure or breach of confidentiality obligations to which such Third Party is subject; or (d) Recipient independently develops without use of or reference to Confidential Information, as demonstrated by Recipient’s written records contemporaneous with such development.
Exceptions to Confidential Treatment. Sections 18(a), (b) and (c) shall not apply to any particular information that either party can demonstrate (i) was, at the time of disclosure to it (a) already known to the receiving party (and not subject to a pre-existing confidentiality agreement) or (b) publicly known; (ii) after disclosure to it, becomes publicly known through no fault of the receiving party; (iii) was received after disclosure to it from a third party who did not indicate that the information was to be treated as confidential in connection with the disclosure or (iv) was independently developed by the receiving party without use of the Confidential Information of the disclosing party. In addition, a party will not be considered to have breached its obligations under this Section 18 for disclosing Confidential Information of the other party to the extent required to satisfy any valid subpoena, court order, litigation or regulatory request, or any other legal requirement of a competent governmental authority, provided that following receipt of any such request, or making a determination that disclosure is legally required, and to the extent that it may legally do so, such party advises the other party prior to making such disclosure in order that the other party may object to such disclosure, take action to ensure confidential treatment of the Confidential Information, or take such other action as it considers appropriate to protect the Confidential Information. In addition, Trustee will not be considered to have breached its obligations under this Section 18 for using or disclosing Confidential Information to the extent Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee is specifically authorized by an individual to use that individual’s personal information (including plan-related and account-related information applicable to that individual) in connection with any other Trustee products or services.
Exceptions to Confidential Treatment. Confidential Information shall not include information that: (a) is publicly available or in the public domain at the time disclosed, (b) is or becomes publicly available or enters the public domain through no fault of the receiving party, or its employees, contractors or agents, (c) is rightfully communicated to the receiving party by persons not bound by confidentiality obligations with respect thereto, (d) is already in the receiving party’s possession free of any confidentiality obligations with respect thereto at the time of disclosure, or (e) is independently developed by the receiving party. Each receiving party may disclose Confidential Information to the limited extent necessary: (a) to comply with the order of a court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental body having authority over such party, provided that the party making the disclosure pursuant to the order will first have given notice to the other party, unless the Party is prohibited by such court or body from providing such notification, (b) to comply with Law requiring such disclosure, or (c) to make such court filings as may be required to establish a party’s rights under the Agreement.
Exceptions to Confidential Treatment. Confidential Information shall not include information that: (a) is publicly available at the time disclosed, (b) is or becomes publicly available through no fault of the receiving party, or its employees, contractors or agents, (c) is rightfully communicated to the receiving party by persons not bound by confidentiality obligations, (d) is already in the receiving party’s possession free of any confidentiality obligations at the time of disclosure, or
Exceptions to Confidential Treatment. Notwithstanding ------------------------------------ Section 9.3(a) above, no party hereto shall be prohibited from using or -------------- permitting the use of and no party shall be required to hold in confidence any information to the extent that (i) such information has been or is in the public domain through no fault of such party, (ii) such information was used or held for use in such party's business (and in no other party's business) prior to the Distribution Date, (iii) such information is, after the Distribution Date, lawfully acquired by such party from sources other than a party hereto or a Subsidiary of a party hereto, (iv) this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any other agreement entered into pursuant hereto permits the use or disclosure of such information by such party, or (v) such information is necessary for such party to investigate, evaluate, defend or prosecute any claim or Action involving any other party hereto. To the extent that a party hereto (or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of such party or Subsidiary, any current or former employee of such party or Subsidiary) is requested (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any information required to be kept confidential pursuant to this Section 9.3, such party agrees to take all ----------- necessary action to maintain, or cause to be maintained (or in respect of a current or former employee, to take all reasonable action as is necessary to cause such employee to maintain), the confidentiality of such information and to provide prompt notice to any of (i) Columbia/HCA, if such information relates to the Columbia/HCA Group Business or to the Columbia/HCA Liabilities, (ii) LifePoint, if such information relates to the LifePoint Group Business or to the LifePoint Liabilities, or (iii) Triad, if such information relates to the Triad Group Business or to the Triad Liabilities, so that the party or parties to which the information pertains may seek an appropriate protective order or waive the notifying party's compliance with this Section 9.3(b). If, in the absence of a -------------- protective order or the receipt of a waiver hereunder, the person which has received such a request is, nonetheless, in the reasonable written opinion of counsel, legally required to disclose such information, such person may disclose such information, and no party shall be liable pursuant ...
Exceptions to Confidential Treatment. The obligations of confidentiality and non-use shall not apply to any confidential or proprietary information of one party which:
