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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
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`Case No. 1:23-md-3076-KMM
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`In RE
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`FTX CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE
`COLLAPSE LITIGATION
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`ORDER
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`THIS CAUSE comes upon the initial conference in the above captioned matter. UPON
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`CONSIDERATION of the pertinent portions of the record, and being otherwise fully advised in
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`the premises, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:
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`I.
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`PRETRIAL CONSOLIDATION
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`Any other actions filed, whether filed directly in the United States District Court for the
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`Southern District of Florida or in any other United States District Court (whether by original filing
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`or removal), that are related to this litigation (that is, civil actions seeking damages arising from
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`the collapse of the FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange) are hereby consolidated into one action (the
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`“Consolidated Action”) for all pre-trial purposes pursuant to Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Civil
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`Procedure. Counsel shall familiarize themselves with the District’s Local Rules.
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`This Order shall govern all cases (1) transferred to this Court by the Judicial Panel on
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`Multidistrict Litigation, pursuant to its Order of June 5, 2023; (2) any tag-along actions
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`subsequently transferred to this Court by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation; and (3) all
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`related cases originally filed in this Court or transferred or removed to this Court. This Order shall
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`also apply to related cases later filed in, removed to, or transferred to this Court.
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`All subsequent Orders of this Court with the designation “All Actions” entered in MDL-
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`3076 shall likewise apply to all cases that are or become part of this MDL, regardless of whether
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`that case was part of MDL-3076 when the Order was entered.
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`II.
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`CASE IDENTIFICATION
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`The purpose of the following instructions is to reduce the time and expense of duplicate
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`filings of documents through the use of a master case, while at the same time not congesting the
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`master case with miscellaneous papers and orders that are of interest only to the parties directly
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`affected by them.
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`a. Master Docket and Record
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`For the convenience of the parties and the Court, the Clerk will maintain a master docket with
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`a single docket number and master record under the style: “In re FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange
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`Collapse Litigation,” Case No. 23-md-03076-KMM. When a document is filed and docketed in
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`the master case, it shall be deemed filed and docketed in each individual case to the extent
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`applicable and will not ordinarily be separately docketed or physically filed in any individual cases.
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`However, the caption may also contain a notation indicating whether the document relates to all
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`cases or only to specified cases, as described below.
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`b. Caption
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`All Orders, papers, motions and other documents served or filed in this Consolidated
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`Action shall bear the same caption as this Order.
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`If the document(s) is generally applicable to all consolidated actions, the caption shall
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`include the notation: “This Document Relates to All Actions,” and the Clerk will file and docket
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`the document(s) only in the master case. However, if a document is intended to apply only to
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`particular amended complaints, the caption shall include the notation “This Document Relates to
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`[the amended complaint (s) to which it applies],” and extra copies shall be provided to the Clerk
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`to facilitate filing and docketing both in the master case and the specified individual case records.
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`The original of this Order shall be filed by the Clerk in each of the FTX Cryptocurrency
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`Exchange Collapse actions pending in this Court and a copy thereof shall be filed in each
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`subsequently filed or transferred action, which is related to and consolidated with this action for
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`pretrial purposes. The Clerk of Court will maintain docket and case files under this caption.
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`III.
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`STATUS CONFERENCES
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`Further Status Conferences shall be held as directed by the Court. To aid the Court and the
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`Parties in preparing for future conferences, not less than five (5) business days prior to the
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`conference, the Parties shall submit a joint agenda that reports on the number of cases in the MDL
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`and the number tagged for transfer, that lists all motions that have been fully briefed, and that
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`identifies any issue that either or both Parties wish to raise with the Court. The Parties may submit
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`at the same time separate statements of their positions on said issues. If the Parties agree that they
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`would like the Court to take any action, the joint agenda shall so state. The agenda is intended to
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`inform the Court of matters that the Parties desire to raise at the status conference, and the Court
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`may amend or augment the agenda as it deems appropriate.
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`IV. ADMISSION OF COUNSEL
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`Attorneys admitted to practice and in good standing of the bar of any United States District
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`Court will be admitted to practice in this litigation upon the filing of a Notice of Appearance in (1)
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`the master case and (2) the particular action(s) in which they seek to appear. As discussed in ECF
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`No. 55, the requirements of Rule 4 of the Special Rules Governing the Admission and Practice of
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`Attorneys (contained in the Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Southern District
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`of Florida) are waived. Attorneys, upon filing of a Notice of Appearance, will be permitted to
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`electronically receive Notices of Electronic Filing provided the Notice of Appearance includes a
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`request to receive such Notices and provides an e-mail address for the Attorney. Attorneys
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`admitted to practice in this litigation pursuant to this Section are authorized to file documents
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`conventionally as this District does not currently have any mechanism allowing for electronic
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`filing by attorneys located outside of the Southern District of Florida. The Court waives any pro
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`hac vice admission fees associated with this action.
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`V.
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`PENDING MOTIONS DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE
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`All motions pending at the time of transfer to this Court are DENIED WITHOUT
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`PREJUDICE.
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`VI.
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`INITIAL SCHEDULING ORDER
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`As discussed in the initial conference, the following initial schedule is so ordered:
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`• All issues related to personal jurisdiction shall be resolved and the Parties shall
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`inform the Court of such resolution within 14 days of the date of this Order;
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`• The Sports and Entertainment Defendants shall file a motion to stay discovery
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`within 21 days of the date of this Order;
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`• All other Defendants shall file any motion to stay discovery within 21 days of being
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`served with discovery;
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`• Plaintiffs shall file consolidated amended complaints within 45 days of the date of
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`this Order;
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`• Thereafter, Defendants shall have 45 days from the filing of the amended
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`complaints to file any responses to the amended complaints;
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`• Plaintiffs’ Proposed Leadership Structure, (ECF No. 59-1), is hereby ADOPTED
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`and INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE in this Order;
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`• The status conference scheduled for June 27, 2023, is hereby cancelled.
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`DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this _____ day of June, 2023.
`21st
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`cc: All counsel of record
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`K. MICHAEL MOORE
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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