According to Deep Trend TechFlow news, federal judge Lewis Kaplan, who is overseeing the SBF case, said on Sunday that Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense team cannot emphasize the role of lawyers from Fenwick & West in their opening statements, but can still try to bring up "lawyers" later in the trial. It is recommended to “defend.

Bankman-Fried's defense team told the Justice Department and the court earlier this year that he intended to argue that FTX lawyers were "involved" in certain decisions made by the company. But Lewis Kaplan wrote in an order issued Sunday that the argument, which lacks specifics, could confuse or bias the jury. While Sam Bankman-Fried prevented the defense team from mentioning outside counsel in its opening statements, Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers can try to raise the issue later without jurors present if they notify the judge and the Justice Department first.