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An NDA is a civil contract, so breaking one isn't usually a crime. However, when breaking an NDA also involves the theft of trade secrets, that can be a crime. The federal Economic Espionage Act (EEA) makes it a crime to take, copy, or receive trade secrets without the owner's permission.

An NDA is a contract with specific limitations and requirements all discussed in the document. So the short answer is you can't break a NDA (except if the party who had you signed the NDA breaches the contract) for any causes without risking being in breach yourself (and what that means).

An NDA may be valid indefinitely, or for a specific period of time - it depends on the particular terms and the situation. An NDA's strength depends on your ability to enforce it. An NDA doesn't do much by itself if you don't have the resources to remedy/go after breaches (this can be time consuming and expensive).

What are the penalties for breaking an NDA? If you sign an NDA, there are severe financial penalties for breaking it, says Mullin. The costs range from $25,000 to $100,000 or even $750,000 per breach, meaning per individual time you divulged confidential information to someone else.

Breaching an NDA, depending on the conditions laid out, can lead to a monetary penalty, a lawsuit or even termination of employment, said Fromholz.

Two, the NDA doesn't specify penalty, but it is clear you can be sued for the breach of contract. It is essentially, in this case, the burden of the plaintiff (one suing you) to establish what your disclosure did to them. You won't be going to jail, but you are probably going to owe them money.

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