new york rule new york high court fraud case former american international group inc aig.n chief executive maurice hank greenberg could affect state case republican presidential candidate donald trump defunct trump university new york court appeal rule thursday state attorney general eric schneiderman could seek recoup millions dollars bonus payments greenberg use legal remedy call disgorgement unlike damage use compensate victims losses disgorgement require defendant give back gain obtain unlawful mean rule mean schneiderman go million say trump personally pocket trump university real-estate seminar venture help jeffrey goldman trump lawyer new york case say monday greenberg rule goldman say trump expect win case could also try limit amount subject disgorgement argue earn outside new york accord state 2013 lawsuit trump file state court manhattan trump university unlicensed illegal operation bilk students 35,000 2005 2011. two propose class action california make similar allegations trump presumptive republican presidential nominee repeatedly raise trump university litigation campaign trail call lawsuits baseless politically motivate also accuse federal judge oversee california lawsuits bias ethnicity judge bear indiana mexican parent greenberg case state accuse former ceo orchestrate sham transactions aig mislead shareholders company financial health 2000 2005. schneiderman ask greenberg disgorge 25 million bonuses period plus interest greenberg deny wrongdoing lawyer david boies represent democratic presidential candidate al gore dispute 2000 election recount argue disgorgement remedy available new york attorney general either state securities fraud law another fraud statute court appeal reject boies arguments ability seek disgorgement may useful schneiderman california case involve trump university may resolve new york case one schedule trial nov. 28 weeks nov. election settlement judgment case could undermine schneiderman claim 40 million damage sue behalf many former trump university students disgorgement claim would affect rule ex-aig boss greenberg raise stake trump university case