1. Regulations
  2. title 37
  3. chapter I
  4. part 11
  5. subpart D
  6. subjgrp 196
  7. § 11.201

View all text of Subjgrp 196 [§ 11.201 - § 11.300]

§ 11.201 - Advisor.

In representing a client, a practitioner shall exercise independent professional judgment and render candid advice. In rendering advice, a practitioner may refer not only to law but to other considerations such as moral, economic, social and political factors that may be relevant to the client's situation.

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 500; 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 32, 41; Sec. 1, Pub. L. 113-227, 128 Stat. 2114.

SOURCE: 69 FR 35452, June 24, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 37 CFR 11.201