1. Regulations
  2. title 37
  3. chapter I
  4. part 11
  5. subpart D
  6. subjgrp 198
  7. § 11.401

View all text of Subjgrp 198 [§ 11.401 - § 11.500]

§ 11.401 - Truthfulness in statements to others.

In the course of representing a client, a practitioner shall not knowingly:

(a) Make a false statement of material fact or law to a third person; or

(b) Fail to disclose a material fact to a third person when disclosure is necessary to avoid assisting a criminal or fraudulent act by a client, unless disclosure is prohibited by § 11.106.

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 11.401