Common use of Whistleblower Protections Clause in Contracts

Whistleblower Protections. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive’s attorneys from: (i) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (ii) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, investigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act; or (iii) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of any Ladder Company or any affiliate of any Ladder Company that (A) is made in confidence to a Federal, state, or local government official (either directly or indirectly) or to Executive’s attorney, in each case 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. If Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by any Ladder Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose the trade secret to Executive’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, provided that Executive files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section.

Whistleblower Protections. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict Executive or Executive’s attorneys from: (i) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (ii) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, investigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the ▇S▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act; or (iii) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of any Ladder Company or any affiliate of any Ladder Company that (A) is made in confidence to a Federal, state, or local government official (either directly or indirectly) or to Executive’s attorney, in each case 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. If Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by any Ladder Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose the trade secret to Executive’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, provided that Executive files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section.

Whistleblower Protections. Nothing in this Agreement or the Employment Agreement shall prohibit or restrict Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or Executive’s ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ attorneys from: (i) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (ii) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, investigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act; or (iii) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement prohibits or restricts Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of any Ladder Company or any affiliate of any Ladder Company that (A) is made in confidence to a Federal, state, or local government official (either directly or indirectly) or to Executive’s ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ attorney, in each case 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. If Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ files a lawsuit for retaliation by any Ladder Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ may disclose the trade secret to Executive’s ▇▇▇▇▇▇’▇ attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, provided that Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section.

Whistleblower Protections. Nothing in this Agreement Section 5 shall be construed to prohibit Executive from filing a charge with or restrict Executive or Executive’s attorneys from: (i) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents participating in any action, investigation, investigation or proceeding relating to this Agreementconducted by the Department of Justice, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (ii) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, investigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act; or (iii) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In additionCommission, nothing in this Agreement prohibits or restricts Executive from initiating communications withthe Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, any Inspector General, or responding to any inquiry fromcomparable state or local agency, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about from reporting a possible violations violation of law to a government entity or regulationlaw enforcement, including making a disclosure that is protected under the whistleblower protections of applicable law. Pursuant Executive does not need the prior authorization of the Company to make any such reports or disclosures and Executive is not required to notify the Company that Executive has made such reports or disclosures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Executive agrees to waive Executive’s right to recover against the Released Parties individual relief in any charge, complaint, or lawsuit filed by Executive or anyone on Executive’s behalf. The Parties acknowledge that pursuant to 18 U.S.C. USC § 1833(b), Executive will may not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal criminal or civil federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of any Ladder Company or any affiliate of any Ladder Company that secret: (A) is made in confidence to a Federalgovernment official, state, or local government official (either directly or indirectly) , or to Executive’s an attorney, in each case solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; law or (B) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. If Additionally, the Parties acknowledge that if Executive files a lawsuit sues the Company for retaliation by any Ladder Company for based on the reporting of a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose the a trade secret to Executive’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, provided that Executive files so long as any document containing the trade secret is filed under seal, seal and Executive does not disclose the trade secret, secret except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section.

Whistleblower Protections. Nothing in this Agreement or the Employment Agreement shall prohibit or restrict Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or ExecutiveMazzei’s attorneys from: (i) making any disclosure of relevant and necessary information or documents in any action, investigation, or proceeding relating to this Agreement, or as required by law or legal process, including with respect to possible violations of law; (ii) participating, cooperating, or testifying in any action, investigation, or proceeding with, or providing information to, any governmental agency or legislative body, any self-regulatory organization, and/or pursuant to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act; or (iii) accepting any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission awards. In addition, nothing in this Agreement prohibits or restricts Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ from initiating communications with, or responding to any inquiry from, any regulatory or supervisory authority regarding any good faith concerns about possible violations of law or regulation. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of any Ladder Company or any affiliate of any Ladder Company that (A) is made in confidence to a Federal, state, or local government official (either directly or indirectly) or to ExecutiveMazzei’s attorney, in each case 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. If Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ files a lawsuit for retaliation by any Ladder Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ may disclose the trade secret to ExecutiveMazzei’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, provided that Executive ▇▇▇▇▇▇ files any document containing the trade secret under seal, and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section.