1.   A trial for Lee raised too much risk that nuclear secrets would be pried loose by his defense attorneys during pretrial discovery.

2.   But evidence from pretrial discovery suggests that negotiations for the whole group did take place.

3.   But he cannot delay pretrial discovery for the next four years.

4.   But Justice Department lawyers argued that it was common and natural to come upon new evidence during pretrial discovery and research.

5.   But then in September, Felten testified, he gave Microsoft a copy of the source code for his removal program as part of a pretrial discovery request.

6.   Civil litigation these days, with its extensive pretrial discovery, can put appalling burdens on defendants.

7.   Golden said records from the pretrial discovery phase indicated that only two conversations were originally taped.

8.   He predicted pretrial discovery and motions could take between two and three years.

9.   How much can a defendant afford to reveal in pretrial discovery?

10.   However, in similar cases, it is not unusual for the deadline to be extended for months as lawyers haggle over pretrial discovery of evidence.