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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
`ORLANDO DIVISION
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`LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP
`CORPORATION,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Case No: 6:16-cv-680-Orl-37GJK
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`EEL COMPANY, LTD.,
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`Defendant.
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`ORDER ON INTERESTED PERSONS
`AND CORPORATE DISCLOSURE
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`This Court makes an active effort to review each case in order to identify parties
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`and interested corporations in which the assigned District Judge or Magistrate judge may
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`have an interest, as well as for other matters that might require consideration of recusal.
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`It is therefore ORDERED that, within fourteen days from the day of this Order or,
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`if a party joins this action subsequent to the entry of this Order, from the date of a party’s
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`first appearance, each party, pro se party, governmental party, intervenor, non-party
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`movant, and Rule 69 garnishee shall file and serve a “Certificate of Interested Persons
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`and Corporate Disclosure Statement” substantially in the form attached.
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`It is FURTHER ORDERED that no party may seek discovery from any source
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`before filing and serving a Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure
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`Statement. A motion, memorandum, response, or other paper – including emergency
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`motions – may be denied or stricken unless the filing party has previously filed and served
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`a Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement.
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`It is FURTHER ORDERED that each party has a continuing obligation to file and
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`serve an amended Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement
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`within fourteen days of discovering any ground for amendment, for conflict of interest, for
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`recusal, or for disqualification of the judicial officer.
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`It is FURTHER ORDERED that, in order to assist the Court in determining when a
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`conflict of interest may exist, each party shall use the full caption of this case, including
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`the names of all parties and intervenors, on all motions, memoranda, papers, and
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`proposed orders submitted to the Clerk. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 10 (a); Local Rule 1.05(b).
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`DONE AND ORDERED at Orlando, Florida this 28th day of April, 2016.
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`ROY B. DALTON, JR.
`United States District Judge
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`By: /s/ Virginia Flick
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` Deputy Clerk
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`Copies to: Counsel of Record
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`Pro Se Parties
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`[Insert Caption of Case]
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
`ORLANDO DIVISION
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`CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS
`AND CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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` I hereby disclose the following pursuant to this Court’s Interested Persons Order and
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`1. The name of each person, attorney, association of persons, firm, law firm, partnership,
`and corporation that has or may have an interest in a party to this action or in the
`outcome of this action, including subsidiaries, conglomerates, affiliates, parent
`corporations, publicly-traded companies that own 10% or more of a party’s stock, and
`all other identifiable legal entities related to any party in the case:
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`2. The name of every other entity whose publicly-traded stock, equity, or debt may be
`substantially affected by the outcome of the proceedings:
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`3. The name of every other entity which is likely to be an active participant in the
`proceedings, including the debtor and members of the creditors’ committee (or if no
`creditors’ committee the 20 largest unsecured creditors):
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`4. The name of each victim (individual or corporate), including every person who may be
`entitled to restitution:
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`5. Check one of the following:
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`I certify that I am unaware of any actual or potential conflict of interest involving
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`the District Judge and Magistrate Judge assigned to this case, and will immediately notify the
`Court in writing upon learning of any such conflict.
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`-or-
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`I certify that I am aware of a conflict or basis of recusal of the District Judge or
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`Magistrate Judge as follows:
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` [insert explanation]
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`1 A party should not routinely list the assigned District Judge or Magistrate Judge as an “interested
`person” absent some non-judicial interest.
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