As enhanced regulations and the Dodd-Frank whistleblower incentives begin generating an increase in SEC investigations and enforcement actions, insurance companies are offering expanded coverage for the cost associated with defending against governmental investigations.  See Kara Altenbaumer-Price, MBIA Case: Second Circuit Takes Broad View of Investigations Coverage Under D&O Policy, SAGACITY (USI, Dallas, Tex.), Sept. 30, 2011 (copy with author).  From the insured’s standpoint, the inv ...

Amy Elizabeth Stewart, founder and shareholder of Amy Stewart PC, has been selected to moderate a panel discussion at the 2011 Texas Bar CLE Business Torts Institute.  This annual event was created in 2008 and is co-sponsored by the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas.  Amy’s panel of presenters will discuss “What Every Business Tort Lawyer Should Know About Insurance Coverage.”  Panelists include Veronica Bates of Hermes Sargent Bates, Michael Huddleston from Shann ...