NextClimb Investments LLC v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified On Schedule A

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: A joint initial status report is due on or before October 28, 2026. This deadline is subject to extension if all parties have not been served. As a general rule, a joint initial status report should be filed only after all defendants have been served and had an opportunity to participate in the planning conference required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). Requests to extend the deadline to file a joint initial status report must be made by motion filed in the docket, rather than by contacting court staff. Counsel and parties are directed to familiarize themselves with Judge Gottschall's case procedures, which can be obtained from the following URL: https://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/judge_display.php?LastName=Gottschall. Please review the "Joint Initial Status Report" case procedure for instructions and required contents of the report. Every status report except the joint initial status report must comply with, and include everything listed in, the "Status Reports" case procedure. Mailed notice

JOINDER ORDER Signed by the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on 8/28/2026. Mailed notice

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: Plaintiff's motion for leave to file certain documents under seal 4 is granted. Enter order. In accordance with the accompanying order, plaintiff is ordered to show cause on or before September 11, 2026, why the 89 defendants are properly joined under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20(a)(2). Plaintiff must make a specific showing as to each defendant it argues is properly joined. This means that if plaintiff relies on evidence such as screenshots of defendants' online stores, plaintiff must cite the page(s) in the record supporting its position as to each defendant. Mailed notice

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall: In its notice of affiliates, Dkt. No. 4, plaintiff "certifies that NextClimb Investments LLC has no parent corporation and that no publicly held corporation owns 5% or more of its stock." Local Rule 3.2(a)'s definition of "affiliate" requires a disclosing party to identify all individuals or entities who own, directly or indirectly, five percent or more of the disclosing party, regardless of whether the ownership interest is publicly or privately held. Collectanea J. Ltd. v. Defs. Identified on Sched. A, 2024 WL 4604532, at *1 n.1 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 29, 2024). Plaintiff is instructed to amend its notice of affiliates on or before September 11, 2026, and identify any additional affiliates required by Local Rule 3.2. Mailed notice