Seven Best Practices for Indemnification Clauses (for Outsourcing, M&A, Employment Agreements, Intellectual Property and Any Deal)

January 30, 2013 by ·

In an indemnification clause, a party contractually promises to cover the losses incurred by another party under contractually described scenarios.  An indemnification thus acts like a private insurance policy.  The indemnitor pays upon the occurrence of a covered loss.   Indemnification clauses are used to allocate specific contingent risks, for liabilities to third parties that might […]