Common use of Permitted Reporting Clause in Contracts

Permitted Reporting. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect Executive’s rights to engage in activity protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, and notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict Executive from lawfully (i) initiating communications directly with, cooperating with, providing information to, causing information to be provided to, or otherwise assisting in an investigation by, any Governmental Agency regarding a possible violation of any law; (ii) responding to any inquiry or legal process directed to Executive from any such Governmental Agency so long as Executive timely provides notice to the Company Group of such inquiry or legal process and provides the Company Group with the opportunity to seek relief that would prevent or limit such disclosure (and so long as Executive only discloses the minimum amount of information as required to be disclosed by such inquiry or legal process, after giving effect to the Company Group’s efforts to prevent or limit such disclosure); (iii) testifying, participating, or otherwise assisting in any action or proceeding by any such Governmental Agency relating to a possible violation of law, or (iv) making any other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any applicable law. Additionally, pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made (x) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney and (y) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; (2) is made to the individual’s attorney in relation to a lawsuit for retaliation against the individual for reporting a suspected violation of law; or (3) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a law suit or proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.