Users are required to indemnify Provider and its affiliates, employees, and third-party information providers against all claims, losses, damages, and attorneys fees arising from the user's violation of these Terms of Use or from any content they submit to the site.
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This provision requires users to bear the full cost of defending Provider and its third-party information providers against any claims arising from user-submitted content or Terms of Use violations, including attorneys fees, creating a potentially significant financial obligation for individual users.
Interpretive note: The enforceability of the indemnification obligation against individual consumers, as opposed to enterprise users, may vary by jurisdiction, particularly where unconscionability doctrine applies to standard-form consumer contracts.
Under section 17, users who submit content to the site or violate these Terms of Use are contractually obligated to cover all defense costs, damages, and attorneys fees incurred by Provider and its third-party information providers as a result of those actions.
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Compare across platforms →"You shall indemnify, defend and hold Provider, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers and any third-party information providers to this Web Site harmless from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of these Terms of Use by you or arising from or related to any Postings uploaded or submitted by you.Excerpt from LexisNexis's Terms
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Broad indemnification clauses in consumer-facing online agreements may interact with state consumer protection statutes that limit one-sided indemnification obligations.
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This provision requires users to bear the full cost of defending Provider and its third-party information providers against any claims arising from user-submitted content or Terms of Use violations, including attorneys fees, creating a potentially significant financial obligation for individual users.
Under section 17, users who submit content to the site or violate these Terms of Use are contractually obligated to cover all defense costs, damages, and attorneys fees incurred by Provider and its third-party information providers as a result of those actions.
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