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    "name": "Ellen Bardash",
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    "description": "Ellen Bardash is ALM's reporter covering Delaware litigation for Delaware Law Weekly and Delaware Business Court Insider. She can be contacted at [email protected], on Twitter @Dellenware or on Threads @ellenbardash.",
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        "uri": "/2024/03/22/superior-court-more-overlap-in-case-facts-needed-for-insurer-to-deny-do-coverage-414-251051/",
        "title": "More overlap in case facts needed to deny D&O coverage, Delaware court says",
        "byline": "Ellen Bardash",
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        "prettyDate": "March 22, 2024",
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        "summary": "The claim was initially denied because a policy provision excluded coverage for related claims.",
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        "uri": "/2024/01/16/nikola-gridlock-with-insurers-is-stalling-settlements-with-shareholders-414-248232/",
        "title": "Gridlock with D&O insurers is stalling settlements with automaker Nikola's shareholders",
        "byline": "Ellen Bardash",
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        "prettyDate": "January 16, 2024",
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        "summary": "Nikola claims it is prepared to resolve claims against its directors and officers, but its insurers refuse to approve to proposals.",
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        "uri": "/2023/11/30/insurer-warns-del-justices-of-litigation-flood-if-jurisdiction-is-allowed-in-pandemic-coverage-disputes-414-246708/",
        "title": "Insurer warns Delaware high court of 'litigation flood' if jurisdiction is allowed in pandemic coverage cases",
        "byline": "Ellen Bardash",
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        "prettyDate": "November 30, 2023",
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        "summary": "Is selling a policy to a Delaware LLC sufficient to trigger jurisdiction in the state during a claim dispute?",
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        "uri": "/2023/01/19/delaware-justices-stress-jurisdiction-consistency-in-do-insurance-disputes/",
        "title": "Delaware justices stress jurisdiction consistency in D&O insurance disputes",
        "byline": "Ellen Bardash",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "January 19, 2023",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The opinion links two other recent Supreme Court decisions that have set precedent in resolving disputes over D&O insurance coverage, all clarifying the role Delaware laws play in those contracts.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2022/06/14/judge-finds-airport-shuttle-company-must-pay-benefits-to-widow-for-drivers-covid-19-death-414-223345/",
        "title": "Shuttle company must pay benefits to widow for driver's COVID death",
        "byline": "Ellen Bardash",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "June 14, 2022",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "The widow told the court that her husband was not a smoker and had no significant medical history that could compound the danger of the virus.",
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        "uri": "/2022/02/16/some-insurers-say-majority-of-boy-scout-abuse-survivors-claims-dont-meet-tort-standards-414-217687/",
        "title": "Insurers say majority of Scout abuse survivors' claims don't meet tort standards",
        "byline": "Ellen Bardash",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "February 16, 2022",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "The insurers argue the survivors' attorneys formed the Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice to take control of the case.",
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        "uri": "/2022/01/21/del-justices-eye-solar-company-shareholders-lawsuits-weighs-who-should-defend-414-216476/",
        "title": "Should insurer cover costs for related but separate cases?",
        "byline": "Ellen Bardash",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "January 21, 2022",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "An earlier ruling found policy language was clear on how 'same or related' lawsuits would be covered.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2022/01/13/del-supreme-court-rite-aid-insurers-not-liable-for-opioid-mdl-defense-costs-414-215940/",
        "title": "Court rules insurers aren't liable for Rite Aid opioid defense",
        "byline": "Ellen Bardash",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "January 13, 2022",
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        "summary": "The Delaware Supreme Court ruling absolving the pharmacy chain's insurance companies of liability passed 4-1.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2021/09/20/latest-settlements-bring-boy-scout-sex-abuse-fund-to-record-breaking-1-9b-414-209765/",
        "title": "Boy Scouts reach record $1.9B deal to settle abuse claims",
        "byline": "Ellen Bardash",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "September 20, 2021",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "BSA's agreement with The Hartford and LDS Church is the largest sex abuse settlement fund in U.S. history and could double by year-end.",
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        "uri": "/2021/03/10/del-supreme-court-weighing-larger-settlement-rule-requires-coverage-in-dole-do-policy-dispute-414-198427/",
        "title": "Del. court requires coverage in Dole D&O policy dispute",
        "byline": "Ellen Bardash",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "March 10, 2021",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "summary": "The decision sets up what might be the most comprehensive larger-settlement rule in the country.",
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