Alternative Therapy
Clause
SOLUTIONS
Improvement
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Clause 2.3
the Agreement extends to cover any
Confidential Information that may have
been disclosed to NWP before the
Agreement was executed. This will then
protect the disclosures that Emily made
over dinner to Larry Faldo
NWP will not copy any of the
Confidential Information without
Emily's express permission.
This clause as drafted is very broad.
It provides that NWP can disclose the
Confidential Information Emily provides it
with to any of its Associated Companies
(as defined in the Agreement), their
directors, employees, sub-contractors,
lawyers, accountants, etc..
Emily needs to ensure that as few people
as possible are allowed access to her
Confidential Information. This greatly
lessens the chances of there being any
unauthorised disclosures.
Accordingly, this clause should be
narrowed so that NWP can only disclose
the Confidential Information to those
of its employees who need to know the
Confidential Information for the Purpose,
provided that such employees are placed
under similar express obligations of
confidentiality to those contained in
the Agreement.
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