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Advancement Right Barred by Unclean Hands

By Francis Pileggi on September 27, 2026
Posted in Court of Chancery Updates

Contract-based rights to advancement of an LLC’s general counsel, that would otherwise have been honored, were denied based on the equitable doctrine of unclean hands, in a recent Delaware Court of Chancery opinion styled In Re Care One LLC Advancement Litigation, C.A. Cons. No. 2025-1286-NAC (Del. Ch. Sept. 24, 2026).

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