1.   Outstanding applications were those from the nine other former Soviet republics, and the applications from Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina filed in April.

2.   In this case a consent application should be filed in writing and signed by all parties.

3.   Although the lawsuit was filed in January, the practice continues.

4.   And the state of North Carolina is conducting a criminal investigation of Key, according to a complaint filed in January with the NASD.

5.   Apple this week added Microsoft and computer chip maker Intel Corp. to a lawsuit filed in December against The San Francisco Canyon Co.

6.   Any motion filed in the next few days would be based on the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

7.   As a result, the case could be in the hands of the high court by next fall, if a case is filed in the next few weeks.

8.   As show time neared, invited guests began to file in, including suppliers, photographers and some people in a youth-at-risk program.

9.   At this point, the government can add evidence only if it mirror charges already in the suit filed in May.