The government, which collected a $22.7 billion profit on the AIG bailout, says Greenberg and company benefited from the AIG-bailout terms in the long run, and that “the common shareholders’ 20.1 percent equity stake in AIG. after the rescue was worth more than their 100 percent equity stake before the rescue.”(…)
For its part, AIG, now on solid financial footing, does not support the lawsuit, as it dredges up the excessive risks taken by Wall Street that triggered a painful economic recession that lingers on today.