This could set a precedent for all future accused insider traders.

Rajaratnam came to court with seven lawyers. There is a row of two tables reserved for the defendant and his lawyers and Rajaratnam is sitting at a seat at the far left of the second table, as far away from the jury box as possible. In the first row are his lead defense lawyers, John Dowd and Terence Lynam of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Rajaratnam Trial Begins [Bloomberg]

Related: "In the conference room was a dwarf whom Mr. Rajaratnam introduced as an analyst hired to cover “small-cap” stocks. He was, in fact, an actor hired for an April Fool’s Day gag.”