New Judge Assigned in Sam Bankman-Fried Fraud Case
TL;DR Judge Alvin K. Kaplan was appointed to the federal court in Manhattan by President Bill Clinton in 1994 and has presided over a number of high-profile cases, including Chevron's 2014 appeal of a significant environmental case and 2021 sexual assault charges brought against Prince Andrew.
Kaplan was appointed to the Manhattan federal court by President Bill Clinton in 1994 and has presided over a number of high-profile cases, including Chevron’s 2014 appeal of a significant environmental case in which he ruled in favor of the oil giant, and 2021 sexual assault charges brought against Prince Andrew by Virginia Giuffre, which was settled out of court.