---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 766.12"
title: "15"
number: "766.12"
heading: "Prehearing conference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/766.12"
---

# §766.12. Prehearing conference.

- (a) The administrative law judge, on the judge's 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 judge.
- (c) If a prehearing conference is impracticable, the administrative law judge may direct the parties to correspond with the judge 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

### Authority

Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 12907, Mar. 25, 1996, unless otherwise noted.