We've talked a lot about Chief Judge Connolly's standing orders on disclosure and litigation compliance, including about how he recently ordered in-person hearings regarding compliance with those orders in a fairly large number of cases.
Chief Judge Connolly's standing order on Rule 7.1 statements requires disclosure of all individual or corporate owners of certain entities, going all of the way up the chain and including indirect owners:
[I]n all cases assigned to Judge Connolly where a party is a nongovemmental joint venture, limited liability corporation, partnership, or limited liability partnership, that the party must include in its disclosure statement filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1 the name of every owner, member, and partner of the party, proceeding up the chain of ownership until the name of every individual and corporation with a direct or indirect interest in the party has been identified.
Standing Order Regarding Disclosure Statements Required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1 (D. Del. April 18, 2022).
We wrote about one instance, in VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation, C.A. No. 19-426 (D. Del.), where the Court ordered the plaintiff to confirm compliance with its standing order, and stayed the case when the plaintiff filed an inadequate response.
Now we have an update
