Body piercings have become a mainstream form of self-expression, adorning ears, noses, and navels with various dazzling jewelry. However, getting a piercing involves puncturing the skin and creating a ...

Before Reyna, Hughes, and Stark. Appeal from the Western District of Louisiana. Summary: The district court correctly found unclean hands, but erred by finding no inequitable conduct without ...

Discovery misconduct can be remedied not only through the sanctions available in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, but also potentially through the defense of unclean hands. Earlier this month, in ...

“The Gilead decision appears to afford accused patent infringers another global defense to patent infringement—namely, unclean hands resulting from business misconduct.” The District Court then ...

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The question posed by the vice chancellor was whether a petitioner could invoke equity to benefit from her own illegal act as a trustee. He answered no—that to apply equity in favor of the trustee, ...

In Shakespeare's "Macbeth," after Lady Macbeth helps to murder King Duncan, she laments that no matter how much she scrubs, her hands will "ne'er be clean." Doctors today are faced with a similar ...