( December 1, 2023, 12:01 PM EST) -- BOSTON — A federal judge in Massachusetts in a Nov. 30 electronic order denied a private company management liability insurer’s motion to certify orders for interlocutory appeal and to stay proceedings after ruling Nov. 9 that the insurer has a duty to defend against certain claims that fall under the “Former Directors and Officers” exception to the policy’s “Insured v. Insured” exclusion but other claims are barred by not falling within the “Shareholder Derivative” exception to the same exclusion....