{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-1103.31","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 1103.31","heading":"Responsibility for litigation.","body":"The practitioner bears the responsibility for advising as to questionable transactions, bringing questionable proceedings, or urging questionable defenses. Client's instructions cannot be used as an excuse for questionable practices.","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":"9b32986dd5ad6c9a28af91930d0bb2ee2a238c402b9093de0c70bb126aace98e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-1103.30","next":"us/49-cfr-1103.32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}