{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-1103.25","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 1103.25","heading":"Treatment of witnesses, litigants and other counsel.","body":"(a) A practitioner shall always treat adverse witnesses and other litigants with fairness and due consideration. He should never minister to the prejudice of a client in a trial or conduct in a cause. The client has no right to demand that the practitioner representing him abuse the opposing party or indulge in offensive personal attacks.\n(b) A practitioner shall not attempt to obstruct Board investigations or corruptly to influence witnesses and potential witnesses during an investigation.\n(c) In conducting a case it is improper for a practitioner to allude to the personal history or the personal peculiarities or idiosyncracies of practitioners on the other side, or otherwise engage in personal abuse of other practitioners.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER X—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—RULES OF PRACTICE","PART 1103—PRACTITIONERS","Subpart B—Canons of Ethics"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"2db826f8ad8fcd9b36221ed75265b4b3ec0c811bdbde92bf69cf712be41f16f0","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-1103.24","next":"us/49-cfr-1103.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}