Vice Chancellor Lori Will rejected a settlement that could have ended a shareholder’s excessive-compensation case against Universal Health Services Inc., deciding Thursday that it didn’t involve enough concessions on the health care company’s end.

The decision not to approve a resolution agreed to by both sides is an uncommon move in the Court of Chancery, but Will wrote that it’s the court’s responsibility to determine whether there’s balance in what the defendant gives up in exchange for ending litigation and in this case, the “give” and “get” didn’t even out.

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