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Indemnifying Party will have the sole authority to defend or settle a Claim
The indemnified party must tender sole control of the indemnified portion of the Third-Party Legal Proceeding to the indemnifying party, subject to the following: (i) the indemnified party may appoint its own non-controlling counsel, at its own expense...
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...
"giving the defending party the right to fully control the defense and settlement of the Claim provided, however, that any settlement unconditionally releases Customer Parties or Smartsheet Parties subject to the Claim of all liability...Excerpt from Smartsheet's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “giving the defending party the right to fully control the defense and settlement of the Claim provided, however, that any settlement unconditionally releases Customer Parties or Smartsheet Parties subject to the Claim of all liability...”
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