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>' 4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Consultant shall, during the entire term of this Agreement, be construed to be an independent contractor and not an employee of the City. This Agreement is not intended nor shall it be construed to create an employer-employee relationship, a joint venture relationship, or to allow the City to exercise discretion or control over the professional manner in which Consultant performs the services which are the subject matter of this Agreement; however, the services to be provided by Consultant shall be provided in a manner consistent with all applicable standards and regulations governing such services. Any and all of Consultant's personnel shall be employees or subcontractors of Consultant and not employees of City. Consultant shall pay all salaries and wages, employer's social security taxes, unemployment insurance and similar taxes relating to employees and shall be responsible for all applicable withholding taxes. 5. INDEMNIFICATION Consultant agrees to and shall indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, agents, employees, consultants, special counsel, and representatives from and against any and all damages to property or injuries to or death of any person or persons, including property and employees or agents of City, and shall defend, indemnify and save harmless City, its officers and employees, from any and all claims, demands, suits, actions or proceedings of any kind or nature, including, but not by way of limitation, workers' compensation claims resulting from or arising out of the negligent or wrongful acts, errors or omissions of Consultant, its employees or subcontractors. 6. CONFIDENTIALITY If Consultant receives from the City information which due to the nature of such information is reasonably understood to be confidential and/or proprietary, Consultant agrees that it shall not use or disclose such information except in the performance ofthis Agreement, and further agrees to exercise the same degree of care it uses to protect its own information of like importance, but in no event less than reasonable care. "Confidential Information" shall include all nonpublic information. Confidential information includes not only written information, but also information transferred orally, visually, electronically, or by other means. Confidential information disclosed to either party by any subsidiary and/or agent of the other party is covered by this Agreement. The foregoing obligations of non-use and nondisclosure shall not apply to any information that (a) has been disclosed in publicly available sources; (b) is, through no fault of the Consultant disclosed in a publicly available source; (c) is in rightful possession of the Consultant without an obligation of confidentiality; (d) is required to be disclosed by operation oflaw; or (e) is independently developed by the Consultant without reference to information disclosed by the City. 8. CONFLICT OF INTEREST CLAUSE City acknowledges that Consultant may represent other clients in Washington D. C. during the term of this Agreement. If a potential conflict of interest arises due to this 2