A confidentiality exception applies when the Receiving Party can document that the information was already lawfully known to it at the time the Disclosing Party disclosed it.

The Receiving Party’s obligations under Section 8.1 (Protection) above

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can document that such information

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(a) was already lawfully known to the Receiving Party

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at the time of disclosure by the Disclosing Party

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