{"data":{"id":"us/17-cfr-240.21f-17","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"17 CFR 240.21F-17","heading":"F-17 Staff communications with individuals reporting possible securities law violations.","body":"(a) No person may take any action to impede an individual from communicating directly with the Commission staff about a possible securities law violation, including enforcing, or threatening to enforce, a confidentiality agreement (other than agreements dealing with information covered by § 240.21F-4(b)(4)(i) and § 240.21F-4(b)(4)(ii) of this chapter related to the legal representation of a client) with respect to such communications.\n(b) If you are a director, officer, member, agent, or employee of an entity that has counsel, and you have initiated communication with the Commission relating to a possible securities law violation, the staff is authorized to communicate directly with you regarding the possible securities law violation without seeking the consent of the entity's counsel.","path":["Title 17—Commodity and Securities Exchanges","CHAPTER II—SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","PART 240—GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-17.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:31Z","sha256":"c163646dde0ee8747e904f28c703f043dbe5aa4abc51a016c77f4ff645a1f7a7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/17-cfr-240.21f-16","next":"us/17-cfr-240.21f-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}