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Disclosure Statement Pursuant To Local Rule 3.4 - Alabama
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LR 3.4. Disclosure Statement (a) A corporation, association, joint venture, partnership, syndicate, or other similar entityappearing as a party or amicus in any proceeding shall file a Disclosure Statement, at the time of thefiling of the initial pleading, or other court paper on behalf of that party or as otherwise ordered by thecourt, identifying all parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates that have issued shares or debtsecurities to the public. In emergency or any other situations where it is impossible or impracticable tofile the Disclosure Statement with the initial pleading, or other court paper, it shall be filed within sevendays of the date of the original filing, or such other time as the court may direct. For the purposes ofthis rule, affiliate shall be a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the specified entity; parent shall be anaffiliate controlled by such entity directly, or indirectly through intermediaries; and subsidiary shall bean affiliate controlled by such entity directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries. (b) The purpose of this Disclosure Statement is to enable the judges of this court todetermine the need for recusal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 455 or otherwise. Counsel shall have thecontinuing obligation to amend the disclosure statement to reflect relevant changes. (c) The statement shall identify the represented entitys general nature and purpose and ifthe entity is unincorporated, the statement shall include the names of any members of the entity that haveissued shares or debt securities to the public. No such listing need be made, however, of the names ofmembers of a trade association or professional association. For purposes of this rule, a tradeassociation is a continuing association of numerous organizations or individuals operated for thepurpose of promoting the general commercial, professional, legislative, or other interests of themembership. The form of the Disclosure Statement is set forth in Appendix A to these Rules.<<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA * * vs. *Civil/Criminal Action No. * * DISCLOSURE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 3.4 Pursuant to Local Rule 3.4 of the Southern District of Alabama and to enable Judges andMagistrate Judges to evaluate possible disqualification or recusal, the undersigned counsel for ,in the above captioned action, certifies that the following are parents, subsidiaries and/or affiliates ofsaid party that have issued shares or debt securities to the public: -or- Pursuant to Local Rule 3.4 of the Southern District of Alabama and to enable Judges andMagistrate Judges to evaluate possible disqualification or recusal, the undersigned counsel for ,in the above captioned action, certifies that there are no parents, subsidiaries and/or affiliates of saidparty that have issued shares or debt securities to the public. Date Signature of Attorney or Litigant
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