Corporate Disclosure Statement per F.R.C.P. 7.1

This post on drafting the Corporate Disclosure Statement required by F.R.C.P. 7.1 is part of my Federal Litigation Checklist.
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Checklist:
- F.R.C.P. 7.1 requires the filing of a disclosure statement by all nongovernmental corporate parties
- The filing requirement is simple:
  -- Identify any parent corporation
  -- Identify any publicly held corporation owning 10% or more of the party's stock
  -- Or, if no such parent or corporation holding 10% or more exists, say so
- The disclosure statement must be filed at the time of the first appearance or filing by the party, and must be updated "promptly" if any of the disclosed information changes
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Thoughts & Best Practices:
- While the corporate disclosure statement may seem like a trivial administrative filing, it can have important ramifications.  For example, the failure to file a corporate disclosure statement may permit a parent company that should have been disclosed to be added after the deadline for adding parties.
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Sample Corporate Disclosure Statement
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Jeff Vail is a Colorado business litigation attorney at The Law Office of Jeff Vail LLC. If you found this post useful, follow me on http://www.twitter.com/jeffreyvail.
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This post on filing a Corporate Disclosure Statement as required by F.R.C.P. 7.1 is part of my Federal Litigation Checklist approach to litigation knowledge management and litigation strategy.

Federal Litigation Checklist

This post is part of my Colorado litigation checklist approach to litigation knowledge management and litigation strategy. It is an overview of procedural issues and motions in Federal Court civil lawsuits.  Where possible, the following procedures and checklists apply rules and case law applicable in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.  As each of the following checklists are completed, I will link to them from the text below.
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- Complaint, Summons & Cover Sheet
 -- Pleading Jurisdiction
 -- Pleading Venue
 -- Twombly Standard
- Corporate Disclosure Statement
- Entry of Appearance
- Answer
- Motion to Intervene
- Motions to Dismiss
- Motion to Compel Arbitration
- Motion for Rule 11 Sanctions
- Motion for Protective Order to Stay Discovery
- Motion for Protective Order (General)
- Case Management Order
- Discovery Requests
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Jeff Vail is a Colorado business litigation attorney at The Law Office of Jeff Vail LLC. If you found this post useful, follow me on Twitter @jeffreyvail.

This post is part of my Colorado litigation checklist approach to litigation knowledge management and litigation strategy.