Information concerning business dealings that is illegally leaked, irrelevant of its content, factual or not factual, is delivered to gain a business advantage. It is still unethical and illegal.
Axiom mining has the experience and ability to challenge these foolish processes that aim to derail business plans of those involved in these confidential dealings. Court decisions would look at these specific circumstances and then conclude if a breach has occurred. In these unusual cases where a confidentiality agreement exists, trust has been broken and sensitive company information is leaked or falsified with the intention to gain financial advantage or undermine sensitive company dealings. None of what appears to have been leaked is general information.
Axiom will continue to gather evidence in these unusual and corrupt circumstances. In particular cases it may be an unfortunate situation of a rouge associate that breaches these agreements, in which case an equitable situation would still be negotiated. Some protocols may not be clear, however if Axiom has indeed had financial damage as a result of these breaches it would be entitled to legal processes.
It is not unusual and for any company to have protocols in place to protect confidentiality, particularly where bilateral or more interests are involved.
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