Rule 7.1. Disclosure Statement

(a) Who Must File; Contents.

1. Nongovernmental Corporations. A nongovernmental corporate party or a nongovernmental corporation that seeks to intervene must file a statement that:

   • (A) identifies any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation owning 10% or more of its stock; or

   • (B) states that there is no such corporation.

2. Parties or Intervenors in a Diversity Case.

In an action in which jurisdiction is based on diversity under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), a party or intervenor must, unless the court orders otherwise, file a disclosure statement. The statement must name—and identify the citizenship of—every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party or intervenor:

- (A) when the action is filed in or removed to federal court, and


- (B) when any later event occurs that could affect the court’s jurisdiction under § 1332(a).

(b) Time to File; Supplemental Filing.

A party, intervenor, or proposed intervenor must:

1. file the disclosure statement with its first appearance, pleading, petition, motion, response, or other request addressed to the court; and

2. promptly file a supplemental statement if any required information changes.

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