An Indemnification agreement is an agreement between two parties providing that if one party is sued for a particular reason, the other party will cover the costs of defending the lawsuit as well as any damages that arise from the suit. It is a useful tool when two parties are intertwined in a larger transaction, and want to divide legal responsibility between them. It protects each party from lawsuits for which the other should be responsible.

A lawsuit is initiated in Illinois when the Plaintiff files a document called a Complaint, stating a cause of action which would entitle the plaintiff from relief from the court, and requesting damages or other relief from the court. The complaint lays out the relevant allegations in the case that would entitle the plaintiff to a claim against the defendant.

For those of you who have not hired an attorney before, the idea of having an attorney review a contract may seem expensive and intimidating — it shouldn’t be. ‍The purpose of this article is to shed some light on the process of contract review.