---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 280.213"
title: "15"
number: "280.213"
heading: "Prehearing conference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/280.213"
---

# §280.213. Prehearing conference.

- (a) The administrative law judge, on his or her own motion or on request of a party, may direct the parties to participate in a prehearing conference, either in person or by telephone, to consider:
  - (1) Simplification of issues;
  - (2) The necessity or desirability of amendments to pleadings;
  - (3) Obtaining stipulations of fact and of documents to avoid unnecessary proof; or
  - (4) Such other matters as may expedite the disposition of the proceedings.
- (b) The administrative law judge may order the conference proceedings to be recorded electronically or taken by a reporter, transcribed and filed with the ALJ.
- (c) If a prehearing conference is impracticable, the administrative law judge may direct the parties to correspond with the ALJ to achieve the purposes of such a conference.
- (d) The administrative law judge will prepare a summary of any actions agreed on or taken pursuant to this section. The summary will include any written stipulations or agreements made by the parties.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 61 FR 50558, Sept. 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 65 FR 39802, June 28, 2000.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.; Pub. L. 101-592, 104 Stat. 2943, as amended by Pub. L. 104-113, 110 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 105-234, 112 Stat. 1536; and Pub. L. 106-34, 113 Stat. 118.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 50558, Sept. 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted.