Greenberg’s AIG Suit in Hands of Judge Unfazed by Stars
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Hank Greenberg’s legal assault on the U.S. government and the terms imposed in its 2008 bailout of American International Group Inc. brought a parade of financial crisis superstars to a Washington courthouse, providing an insider’s account of the struggle to save the U.S. economy.
Ben Bernanke, Henry Paulson and Timothy Geithner each took the witness stand, attesting to the calamity they faced, and how the way they saved what was once the world’s biggest insurer was the best course for the nation.