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2012 Employee Manual | Effective March 1, 2012
B. The Employee acknowledges that the Firm has expended considerable funds
to acquire, develop, and maintain these Trade Secrets. The Trade Secrets are
not known to others outside the Firm. Within the Firm, Trade Secrets are shared
with employees only on a need to know basis. The Firm has developed security
measures to protect the Trade Secrets such as locked drawers, locked file
cabinets, password protected information and software, and similar actions. The
Trade Secrets are extremely valuable to the Firm, and would save a substantial
amount of money to any competitor who chose to use them. Competitors
would need to invest considerable time and money to acquire and duplicate
the Trade Secrets.
C. The Employee agrees not to disclose any Trade Secrets to any other individual
or entity.
D. Should the Employee violate the terms of this section, the Firm may seek
injunctive relief and/or claim actual damages caused to the Firm. The
Employee, at the Firm’s discretion, may be liable for the cost by the Firm to
develop or acquire the Trade Secrets and/or the cost of re-securing the Trade
Secrets.
E. If it is necessary for the Firm to retain an attorney for collection and/or
enforcement, the Employee agrees to pay all costs of collection, including
reasonable attorney’s fees.
VI. Miscellaneous Terms:
1. The jurisdiction and venue for any litigation resulting from this Agreement shall be
in Jefferson County, Colorado.
The parties to this Agreement expressly waive
any right they may have to a jury trial.
2. This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, successors, and permitted
assigns of the parties.