Michael Lewis News

AIG Appoints JPMorgan’s Lewis as Chief Digital Officer

American International Group hopes an executive who helped bring Apple Pay and a number of mobile banking apps to JPMorgan Chase & Co. can help it generate similar digital customer service advances. Michael Lewis has taken on the job of …

N.Y. Court: Author Michael Lewis Did Not Libel Money Manager in ‘The Big Short’

The author Michael Lewis did not libel a money manager in his 2010 best-seller “The Big Short,” a divided federal appeals court ruled on Friday. By a 2-1 vote, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rejected …

Mortgage Crisis Author Lewis Sued for Defamation by Asset Manager

Michael Lewis, best-selling author of “The Big Short” about the mortgage meltdown, has been sued for defamation by an asset manager featured in the book. Other targets in the lawsuit are Lewis’ publisher and prominent hedge fund manager Steven Eisman …