1.   Both the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure appear to contemplate that the parties will enter into evidentiary agreements during a pretrial conference.

2.   A pretrial conference is scheduled for today, but with the investigation ongoing, Fichtner said little is expected to be accomplished.

3.   Now, he lives at the state prison in West Boylston, Mass. awaiting a pretrial conference in early June.

4.   Red Sox leftfielder Wilfredo Cordero is scheduled to face a new charge of violating a restraining order when he appears in Cambridge District Court Thursday for a pretrial conference.

5.   U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith Jr. decided during a pretrial conference with attorneys that he will take up the issue separately.

6.   Both motions were filed Monday and discussed during a pretrial conference Tuesday.

7.   Crown prosecutor Louis Miville-Deschenes asked for a rarely sought pretrial conference because of the complexity of the case.

8.   Defense attorneys were granted more time at a behind-closed-doors pretrial conference Friday, the tribunal said in a press release.

9.   Garner, who had previously been charged with only conspiracy to commit murder, was arrested on the new charges during a pretrial conference.