premise: The receiving party will not be liable for the disclosure of any Confidential Information which is: (a) generally made available publicly or to third parties by the disclosing party without restriction on disclosure; (b) rightfully received from a third party without any obligation of confidentiality; (c) rightfully known to the receiving party without any limitation on disclosure prior to its receipt from the disclosing party; (d) independently developed by employees and / or independent contactors of the receiving party; or (e) required to be disclosed in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, court, judicial or other government order, provided that the receiving party shall give the disclosing party reasonable notice prior to such disclosure and shall comply with any applicable protective order.