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1. Form of Filing. The disclosure statement referenced in Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1 and this rule shall substantially conform to Civil Form 3, Sample Disclosure Statement.
2. Additional Information. The disclosure statement shall also identify any publicly held corporation with which a merger agreement exists.
3. Partnerships. When a partnership is party to an action or proceeding, the partnership shall file a disclosure statement providing the information required in Fed. R Civ. P. 7.1 and § (b) of this rule for any nongovernmental corporate entity that holds an interest in said partnership orstate that there is no such corporate entity that holds an interest in the partnership.
4. Time for Filing in Removal Actions. In removal actions, a nongovernmental corporate plaintiff or a partnership plaintiff must file a disclosure statement within twenty (20) days from the date the notice of removal is filed or with its first appearance, pleading, petition, motion, response, objection, or request, whichever is filed sooner.

(Formerly LR 83.6(a)(4). Renumbered to 7.5 and amended 1/1/01;retitled, § (a) retitled and amended, (b) retitled, relettered to (d) and amended, and new §§ (b) and (c) added 1/1/03.)

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