[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 7 (Thursday, January 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 2258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00312]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

[CPSC Docket No. 13-1]


Notice of Telephonic Prehearing Conference

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice of telephonic prehearing conference for the case: In 
the Matter of BABY MATTERS LLC, CPSC Docket No.13-1.

DATES: January 28, 2013, 11:00 a.m. Eastern.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public are welcome to attend the prehearing 
conference to be held at the U.S. Customs House, 40 S. Gay Street, 4th 
Floor, Room 403 (U.S. Coast Guard Administrative Law Judge Courtroom), 
Baltimore, Maryland 21202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regina Maye, Paralegal Specialist, 
U.S. Coast Guard ALJ Program, (212) 825-1230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any or all of the following shall be 
considered during the prehearing conference:
    (1) Petitions for leave to intervene;
    (2) Motions, including motions for consolidation of proceedings and 
for certification of class actions;
    (3) Identification, simplification and clarification of the issues;
    (4) Necessity or desirability of amending the pleadings;
    (5) Stipulations and admissions of fact and of the content and 
authenticity of documents;
    (6) Oppositions to notices of depositions;
    (7) Motions for protective orders to limit or modify discovery;
    (8) Issuance of subpoenas to compel the appearance of witnesses and 
the production of documents;
    (9) Limitation of the number of witnesses, particularly to avoid 
duplicate expert witnesses;
    (10) Matters of which official notice should be taken and matters 
which may be resolved by reliance upon the laws administered by the 
Commission or upon the Commission's substantive standards, regulations, 
and consumer product safety rules;
    (11) Disclosure of the names of witnesses and of documents or other 
physical exhibits which are intended to be introduced into evidence;
    (12) Consideration of offers of settlement;
    (13) Establishment of a schedule for the exchange of final witness 
lists, prepared testimony and documents, and for the date, time and 
place of the hearing, with due regard to the convenience of the 
parties; and
    (14) Such other matters as may aid in the efficient presentation or 
disposition of the proceedings.
    Telephonic conferencing arrangements for the parties will be made 
by the court. Mary Murphy, Esq. and Kelly Moore, Esq., Counsel for the 
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Raymond G. Mullady, Jr. 
and Adrien C. Pickard of BLANK ROME, LLP, Counsel for BABY MATTERS LLC 
shall be provided with a phone number and passcode in a separate notice 
of pre-hearing conference so they may participate telephonically if 
they so choose.

    Authority: Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2064.

    Dated: January 4, 2013.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-00312 Filed 1-9-13; 8:45 am]
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