June 16, 2015
During the trial, David Boies was his usual mildly rumpled and mostly unpretentious self, peering over his reading glasses, padding around in his hallmark black suede slipper-shoes and smiling his way to victory in a case that put the U.S. …
June 16, 2015
American International Group Inc., which opted against joining Maurice “Hank” Greenberg in a suit against the U.S., became a victor in the case after a judge ruled that the former chief executive officer isn’t entitled to compensation over the insurer’s …
June 15, 2015
Update: Greenberg Will Appeal AIG Bailout Case Win Over Lack of Damages The U.S. set illegal terms in demanding American International Group Inc. stock for an $85 billion bailout during the financial crisis, but that doesn’t mean AIG investors deserve …
April 23, 2015
The judge weighing a $25 billion investor lawsuit over the 2008 bailout of American International Group Inc. challenged U.S. arguments that assuming control of the insurer didn’t amount to taking shareholder property. Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s Starr International Co., AIG’s largest …
April 22, 2015
Former American International Group Inc. Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg claims the U.S. bailout of the company cheated shareholders out of at least $25 billion. On Wednesday, the judge presiding over his lawsuit will hear final arguments in the long-running case. …
April 21, 2015
Closing arguments are scheduled for Wednesday in the U.S Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. in a lawsuit challenging the 2008 government bailout of American International Group (AIG). The suit was brought by Starr International Co. and its CEO …
November 24, 2014
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s legal advisers sought to devise ways to avoid accountability to shareholders in the 2008 bailout of American International Group Inc., according to evidence introduced at the end of trial testimony over terms of …
November 14, 2014
The U.S. government has grounds to demand that American International Group Inc. pay any significant damages should Maurice “Hank” Greenberg win his $25 billion claim that federal officials shortchanged investors in the 2008 bailout of the insurer. Greenberg and other …
October 12, 2014
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he wasn’t looking to punish American International Group Inc. for mismanagement when the board of governors authorized an emergency loan to the distressed insurer at a steep interest rate and with a demand …
October 1, 2014
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors set an interest rate for American International Group Inc.’s 2008 bailout loan that was meant to prevent shareholders from reaping a “windfall,” the Fed’s top lawyer testified. With bankruptcy as AIG’s only alternative, a …