---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 11.401"
title: "37"
number: "11.401"
heading: "Truthfulness in statements to others."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/11.401"
---

# §11.401. Truthfulness in statements to others.


In the course of representing a client, a practitioner shall not knowingly:

- (a) Make a false statement of material fact or law to a third person; or
- (b) Fail to disclose a material fact to a third person when disclosure is necessary to avoid assisting a criminal or fraudulent act by a client, unless disclosure is prohibited by [§ 11.106](/cfr/37/11.106.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 78 FR 20201, Apr. 3, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 500; 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 32, 41; Sec. 1, Pub. L. 113-227, 128 Stat. 2114.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 35452, June 24, 2004, unless otherwise noted.