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Judge Abrams is no longer involved in the case. She recused herself due to a potential conflict of interest: https://www.businessinsider.com/ftx-collapse-sbf-ju

Judge Abrams is no longer involved in the case. She recused herself due to a potential conflict of interest: https://www.businessinsider.com/ftx-collapse-sbf-judge-stepped-down-alameda-wang-ellison-abrams-2022-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/ftx-collapse-sbf-judge-stepp... "...the case was reassigned to Lewis A. Kaplan, a senior judge at the court, legal filings show." Kaplan was appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_A._Kaplan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_A._Kaplan

mhneu 4y ago
Yes. Abrams presided over the plea on Dec 19. Now Kaplan has the case. Abrams' husband works at Davis Polk, but Davis Polk (firm w/ ~1000 attorneys) has represented FTX in the past. It's pretty typical for these sorts of conflicts to arise, and in this case it's probably best to remove any sniff of a perceived conflict by Abrams stepping aside. Nothing here is going to be controversial -- though our federal courts are currently going through serious turmoil due to events of last few years, albeit not really SDNY and the 2nd Circuit is mostly normal too.