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Greenberg Fights New York AG’s Spin on Reinsurance Saga

Almost a dozen years ago, then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed a fraud lawsuit against former American Insurance Group Inc. CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg over two reinsurance transactions that purportedly gave an improper boost to the company’s financial statements. …

11 Years After Spitzer Sued, Greenberg’s Trial Over Reinsurance Begins

It’s a day of reckoning — or the moment of truth — for former American International Group Inc. head Maurice “Hank” Greenberg. More than 11 years after he was sued by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Greenberg went …

Boies, Edwards Among 140 Lawyers Vying to Take Lead Against Volkswagen

Among the more than 140 plaintiffs’ lawyers competing to lead private litigation against Volkswagen over its emissions cheating scandal is former U.S. Senator and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate John Edwards. Edwards, who was a trial lawyer in North Carolina before his …

If AIG Is Selling, Greenberg Is Listening, Says Lawyer

Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, who spent four decades at American International Group Inc., would consider investing in the insurer he helped build into the world’s largest before the financial crisis, his lawyer David Boies said. “If they’re selling, I think Hank …

How Greenberg’s Lawyer, Boies, Won AIG Bailout Battle

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. …

Greenberg Feels Good About AIG Bailout Trial Closing

Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former chief executive officer of American International Group Inc., said he’s happy with closing arguments in a trial his company has led against the U.S. regarding AIG’s 2008 bailout. “I’m very pleased with the way that …

Judge Challenges Legality of U.S. Taking Over AIG During Bailout

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 …

Closing Arguments in Greenberg’s Suit Against Bailout Set for April 22

Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s Starr International Co. and the U.S. filed a second set of post-trial papers in a lawsuit over the terms of the government’s bailout of American International Group Inc., setting the stage for next month’s closing arguments. Starr’s …

Boies to Be a Lead Lawyer for Claims Against Takata Over Air Bags

David Boies, the litigator who lost the U.S. Supreme Court fight over the 2000 Bush v. Gore presidential election and later helped win legalization of gay marriage in California, was chosen for a lead role in consumer complaints against air-bag …

Documents At End of AIG Bailout Testimony Could Aid Greenberg

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 …