Common use of OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR EXPENSES OF LITIGATION Clause in Contracts

OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR EXPENSES OF LITIGATION. 3 (A) Litigation and Compliance Expenses. Owner shall pay all fines, penalties, or other expenses in 4 connection with any claim, proceeding or suit involving an alleged violation of any law pertaining to fair 5 employment, fair credit reporting, environmental protection, rent control taxes or fair housing, including illegal 6 discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, physical handicap, familial status, 7 elderliness or all other protected classes; provided, however, that Owner shall not be responsible to 8 Broker/Designated Property Manager for any such expenses if Broker/Designated Property Manager is finally 9 adjudged in a court of law to have personally, and not in a representative capacity, violated any such law. Nothing 10 contained in this Agreement shall obligate Broker/Designated Property Manager to employ legal counsel to 11 represent Owner in any such proceeding or suit.