---
title: "US clean team and information exchange protocol"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/us-clean-team-protocol"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a29-us-clean-team-protocol"
area_id: "A29"
kind: "policy"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A29-A20260923-2", "A29-T1-R3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# US clean team and information exchange protocol

> A company protocol for who may see a competitor's information during a transaction or a collaboration. It does not decide that an exchange is lawful.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/us-clean-team-protocol  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Policy. A policy or procedure for a firm or client.
- Practice area: [Competition & Consumer Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Use when competitor information has to be logged and walled off during a deal or a joint project. Do not use it as a cartel clearance or as a filing.

## Used for these tasks

- [Extract competitor contacts and meeting notes into a clean-team log](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/extract-competitor-contacts-and-meeting-notes-into-a-clean-team-log.md)
- [Build an information-exchange and concerted-practices screen](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/build-an-information-exchange-and-concerted-practices-screen.md)

## How AI may be used

Yellow: the lawyer names the clean team and the permitted purpose before any information is shared.

**AI may:**

- Set blanks for members, the permitted purpose, and the log of what was received.
- State that the information is not used to set the company's own prices or bids.
- Require the lawyer's approval before a member is added.

**AI must not:**

- Do not decide that sharing the information complies with section 1.
- Do not list categories of information that are always safe to exchange.
- Do not write a joint defence or common interest agreement.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Name the people who may see the information, and why each person needs it.
- Decide what is returned or destroyed at the end.
- If the arrangement is with a competitor, screen it under the compliance policy before this protocol is signed.

## Authorities

- [15 U.S.C. § 1](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/us-clean-team-protocol and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*