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7. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS It is mutually agreed by and between the parties that, in the performance of their covenants hereunder, Attorney are and shall be independent contractors, and not officers or employees of City. 8. INSURANCE Attorney shall provide to the City proof of insurance coverage prior to undertaking performance of work under this Agreement. Attorney shall maintain and shall require its subcontractors, if any, to obtain and maintain insurance as described below: a. Professional Liability (errors and omissions) insurance: with a combined single limit of not less than $1,000,000 per claim, and maintain such insurance throughout the term of this Agreement. b. If Attorney maintains broader coverage and/or higher limits than the minimums shown above, the City requires and shall be entitled to the broader coverage and/or the higher limits maintained by Attorney. Any available insurance proceeds in excess of the specified minimum limits of insurance and coverage shall be available to the City. C. Notice of Cancellation- Certificate of hisurance shall provide thirty (30) day prior written notice of cancellation in a form approved by the City. d. If Attorney fails or refuses to produce and maintain the insurance required by this section, or fail or refuse to furnish the City with required proof that insurance has been procured and is in force and paid for, the City shall have the right, at the City's election, to forthwith terminate this Agreement. Such termination shall not affect Attorney's right to be paid for its time and materials expended prior to notification of termination. 9. INDEMNIFICATION Attorney agrees to and shall indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, agents, employees, and representatives from liability for personal injury, damages, restitution, judicial or equitable relief to the extent caused by Attorney's negligent or wrongful performance or conduct related to this Agreement. 10. CONFIDENTIALITY All information and documents shared with Attorney as well as all work performed by Attorney in connection with this Agreement should be treated as strictly confidential. Moreover, all communications between Attorney and City shall be treated as protected by the attorney -client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine. Accordingly, information received by Attorney from City should be kept in a secure place, and no information about this work may be disclosed to any third party without City's prior written approval. Attorney shall provide materials directly to the City Attorney, Sonia Carvalho, or selected members of her office, as directed by the City Attorney. All such information and any written product in connection with Attorney` retention under this Agreement, shall be marked as "PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL / ATTORNEY -WORK PRODUCT" and shall be the property of the City Attorney's Office, and shall be returned/provided to the Office of the City Attorney with all copies upon the request of the City Attorney. Confidential information disclosed to either party by any subsidiary and/or agent of the other party is covered by this Agreement. The foregoing obligations