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Indemnifying Party Controls Defense and Settlement

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Medium May 22, 2026

The updated terms introduce a new deployment architecture option (BYOC) alongside existing Cloud and Hybrid options, giving customers more control over infrastructure placement. LangChain's explicit commitment to not use customer data for large language model training now has clear written language in the Terms, whereas the prior version only referenced 'products' generically. However, the expanded non-warranty clause now states the platform is not warranted to be 'accurate' or 'complete,' which broadens the disclaimers of liability. Customers should review which deployment option aligns with their infrastructure and compliance requirements.

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How other platforms handle this

Twilio Medium

Indemnifying Party will have the sole authority to defend or settle a Claim

Walmart Medium

you agree to cooperate with Walmart if and as requested by Walmart in the defense and settlement of such matter.

Lime Medium

The Released Parties reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense of any claims or lawsuits, and you agree not to settle any of the foregoing without the applicable Released Parties' prior written consent.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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The indemnifying party's obligations in this Section 7 are subject to receiving (a) prompt notice of the claim, (b) the exclusive right to control and direct the investigation, defense, and settlement...

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Document
LangChain Terms of Service
Entity
LangChain
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-063655
Document ID
CA-D-00804
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
746536421de2b228192ab3641f2d2338717f2e08809c05631b58e42d4efcf096
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 03:53 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: LangChain
Document: LangChain Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-063655
Captured: 2026-07-09 03:53:59 UTC
SHA-256: 746536421de2b228…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/langchain/langchain-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-063655/indemnifying-party-controls-defense-and-settlement/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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What does LangChain's Indemnifying Party Controls Defense and Settlement clause do?

The clause states: “The indemnifying party's obligations in this Section 7 are subject to receiving (a) prompt notice of the claim, (b) the exclusive right to control and direct the investigation, defense, and settlement...”

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