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American International Group, Inc. v. Greenberg
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877 N.Y.S.2d 614 (Sup. Ct. 2008)Facts
Plaintiff American International Group, Inc. seeks to remedy alleged breaches of fiduciary duty by certain of AIG’s founders, and former officers and directors, for their alleged misappropriation of a special block of AIG shares. In addition to serving as AIG’s founders, directors and officers, defendants were all voting shareholders of AIG affiliate and non-party Starr International Company, Inc. (SICO). On March, 2005, AIG alleges that defendants seized control of SICO by causing nine of the AIG executives, then serving as SICO directors, to be removed from the SICO board. Defendants caused SICO to formally cancel the compensation plan, and announced their intention of selling the shares. Since that time, defendants caused SICO to sell portions of the shares, the proceeds of which have allegedly been used to invest in a venture capital and private equity firm.
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