COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Summit County judge overseeing the upcoming corruption trial of two former FirstEnergy executives is set to decide Friday whether to continue allowing defense attorneys unusual and wide-ranging power to keep potential evidence and exhibits off-limits to the public.

Under an agreement signed last year by Ohio Special Assistant Attorney General Matt Meyer and attorneys representing ex-FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and former top company lobbyist Mike Dowling, either side in the court proceedings can keep pretrial discovery materials secret until after the trial just by writing “confidential” on them.

If the opposing side objected to something being kept under wraps, Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Susan Baker Ross would decide whether it should be public, under th

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