Under existing law, a victim of discrimination can recover up to two years of back pay.
The shareholders could recover up to 37percentt if creditors' claims are paid in full.
Under federal bankruptcy law, a trustee can recover up to six years' worth of transfers if they constitute a "fraudulent conveyance" of the bankrupt firm's assets.
Starbucks In October 2015, the commission ordered the Netherlands to recover up to €30m (£26m) in taxes from the coffee shop chain.
Last October, it was Luxembourg that was in the firing line – ordered by the commission to recover up to £22.5m from a subsidiary of Fiat.
The investment programme included a £1.3m water recovery plant too – enabling Wyke Farms to recover up to 90% of its factory water.
A plaintiff could also recover up to $1.5 million in punitive damages if a health plan refused to provide care ordered by independent medical reviewers.
One move available to the trustee before the trial is to file a motion for summary judgment with Rakoff to recover up to $83 million through just one claim against the men.
Other less valuable and more troubling lodes for "urban miners" include cadmium, lead and mercury.High-tech recyclers such as Umicore in Belgium and Xstrata in Canada can recover up to 95% of the metal using furnaces and solvents.
"This government was the first to introduce tough measures to clamp down on migrants accessing the NHS and these changes will recover up to £500m per year to put back into frontline patient care".
Sterecycle, which he founded in 2003, is a waste management business that uses innovative technologies to recycle and recover up to 80 per cent of the household waste that would typically go to landfill sites.
