{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-1103.29","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 1103.29","heading":"Public communication and solicitation.","body":"(a) A practitioner shall not make any public communication or solicitation for employment containing a false, fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive statement or claim. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to:\n(1) The use of statements containing a material misrepresentation of fact or omission of a material fact necessary to keep the statement from being misleading;\n(2) Statements intended or likely to create an unjustifiable expectation; statements of fee information which are not complete and accurate;\n(3) Statements containing information on past performance or prediction of future success;\n(4) Statements of prior Board employment outside the context of biographical information; statements containing a testimonial about or endorsement of a practitioner;\n(5) Statements containing an opinion as to the quality of a practitioner's services, or statements intended or likely to attract clients by the use of showmanship, puffery, or self-laudation, including the use of slogans, jingles, or sensational language or format.\n(b) A practitioner shall not solicit a potential client who has given the practitioner adequate notice that he does not want to receive communications from the practitioner, nor shall a practitioner make a solicitation which involves the use of undue influence.\n(c) A practitioner shall not solicit a potential client who is apparently in a physical or mental condition which would make it unlikely that he could exercise reasonable, considered judgment as to the selection of a practitioner.\n(d) A practitioner shall not pay or otherwise assist any other person who is not also a practitioner and a member or associate of the same firm to solicit employment for the practitioner.\n(e) If a public communication is to be made through use of radio or television, it must be prerecorded and approved for broadcast by the practitioner. A recording of the actual transmission must be retained by the practitioner for a period of 1 year after the date of the final transmission.\n(f) A paid advertisement must be identified as such unless it is apparent from the context that it is a paid advertisement.\n(g) A practitioner shall not compensate or give anything of value to a representative of any communication medium in anticipation of or in return for professional publicity in a news item.","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":"f0103a74a0c41eb16b30e19a876b40d8efe80871f4f1602e10ceb8ade088605e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-1103.28","next":"us/49-cfr-1103.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}