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 …
Lawyer David Boies has a shot at an upset win in the trial of Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s $25 billion bailout case against the U.S. government, a turnaround from the weak odds he was given just a month ago. Boies, representing …
David Boies spent much of the past month interrogating the architects of the 2008 Wall Street bailout, making the case that the U.S. cheated American International Group Inc. shareholders of at least $25 billion partly for the benefit of an …
Former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Edward Liddy defended his decision to work closely with the government at the time of the company’s 2008 bailout, saying he hoped to win concessions on the harsh terms of an $85 …
Former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Edward Liddy testified he chose not to buck government overseers who selected him to run the bailed- out insurer. Developing trust with regulators was for the “benefit of AIG,” he told the …
The trial over the American International Group Inc. bailout shifts this week from the architects of the 2008 rescue, who spent days testifying as to why they imposed the terms they did on the ailing insurer, to the executives who …
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 …
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke defended the sterner treatment of American International Group Inc. in the 2008 bailout compared with how investment banks were handled, saying the rescue of the insurer had a different purpose. Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s Starr …
American International Group Inc.’s unique set of risks was seen by one of the primary orchestrators of its rescue as requiring tough conditions that included the government’s taking most of the insurer’s stock. The fight over whether those terms were …
A “crazily high” interest rate levied on American International Group Inc.’s $85 billion bailout loan may have been forced on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York by other regulators, according to evidence presented at a trial over the government’s …
