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Litigation and Legal Risk

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC. · 2026-08-04 · Importance 25 · Surprise 42 · In source text

Herb Simon, co-founder of Simon Property Group, filed a lawsuit in Marion Superior Court against the family of his late nephew David Simon over the dissolution and restructuring of SFG Co. LLC, a separate 31-year-old real estate business. The plaintiffs allege that the restructuring was conducted without proper disclosure and circumvented preferred distribution rights held by Herb Simon and other equity holders. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate the restructuring, restore the original management structure, and obtain compensatory and punitive damages. David Simon’s son, Eli Simon, has characterized the claims as meritless.

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liabilitynegativecontingentThe lawsuit was filed in Marion Superior Court and seeks to invalidate the restructuring, restore the original management, and requests…