---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 0.11"
title: "16"
number: "0.11"
heading: "Office of the General Counsel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/0.11"
---

# §0.11. Office of the General Counsel.


The General Counsel is the Commission's chief law officer and adviser, who renders necessary legal services to the Commission; represents the Commission in the Federal and State courts, and before administrative agencies in coordination with the Bureaus, in appellate litigation, investigative compulsory process enforcement, and defensive litigation; advises the Commission and other agency officials and staff with respect to questions of law and policy, including advice with respect to legislative matters and ethics; represents the agency in employment and labor disputes; and responds to requests and appeals filed under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts and to intra- and intergovernmental information access requests.


## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 38546, July 22, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1); 15 U.S.C. 46(g).

### Source

Source: 41 FR 54483, Dec. 14, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 38546, July 22, 2021]