The obligations set forth in this Agreement shall not apply to any portion of the Confidential Information which the Receiving Party can prove: (a) was already known to the Receiving Party prior to any disclosure by the Disclosing Party; (b) was publicly available prior to any disclosure by the Disclosing Party, or subsequently becomes public information through no breach of this Agreement; (c) was received by the Receiving Party from a third party lawfully in possession of the same and not in breach of any agreement or any confidential relationship with the Disclosing Party; (d) was independently developed by the Receiving Party, its parent or Affiliates without reliance upon the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party; (e) is to be disclosed by the Receiving Party in a judicial or administrative proceeding; or (f) was required to be disclosed by law or by governmental or other regulatory authority. Where such disclosure takes place the Receiving Party will, where legally permissible, give the Disclosing Party as much notice of the disclosure as possible and take into account the reasonable requests of the Disclosing Party.