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no settlement may be entered into by an indemnifying party, without the express written consent of the indemnified parties...if (i) the third party asserting the claim is a government agency, (ii) the settlement arguably involves the making of admissions...
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Indemnifying Party will not settle any Claim for which it has an obligation to indemnify under this Section 6 admitting liability or fault on behalf of Indemnified Party, nor create any obligation on behalf of Indemnified Party without Indemnified Party's prior written consent...
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"Any settlement requiring the indemnified party to admit liability, pay money, or take (or refrain from taking) any action, will require the indemnified party's prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld...— Excerpt from Google Cloud's Google Cloud Terms
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The clause states: “Any settlement requiring the indemnified party to admit liability, pay money, or take (or refrain from taking) any action, will require the indemnified party's prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld...”
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