It also has to decide how much leeway to give the White House lawyers to call their own witnesses.
Then the judge gave lawyers three days to prepare briefs on the disorderly conduct charge.
An interview would give lawyers for the plaintiff material to use against him, he said.
The judge then adjourned the hearing to give lawyers for all sides time to prepare their case.
Mr. Mesereau asked about a deposition she gave lawyers in 1994.
He gave lawyers until the end of this month to reach a new plan.
In its first step toward revising the rule, the committee has given lawyers and judges until November to submit comments on ways to improve it.
Some experts believe that the existence of the second case gives defense lawyers in particular some interesting, if risky, possibilities.
Poor defendants are not usually given lawyers in South Africa except in capital cases.
He stayed the fine until June 10, however, to give lawyers for the newspaper time to appeal it.