A three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday that Starr International Co. Inc. has no legal standing to challenge the 2008 federal government takeover of American International Group Inc. (AIG).

Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, who is a founder and former longtime CEO of AIG, and who currently is the head of Starr International, has argued that the government trampled AIG shareholder rights in September 2008, when it took a 79.9 percent equity stake in AIG in exchange for providing a $85 billion stabilization loan.

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Accused government of cheating AIG shareholders

Greenberg and Starr have accused the government of using unlawful means to steal AIG, and of cheating AIG shareholders of about $25 billion.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.