17 CFR 165.18
§ 165.18 Staff communications with whistleblowers from represented entities.
United States · 17 CFR — Commodity and Securities Exchanges · Status: effective
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- 17 CFR 165.18, § 165.18 Staff communications with whistleblowers from represented entities, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/67733
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If the whistleblower is a whistleblower who is a director, officer, member, agent, or employee of an entity that has counsel, and the whistleblower has initiated communication with the Commission relating to a potential violation of the Commodity Exchange Act, the Commission's staff is authorized to communicate directly with the whistleblower regarding the subject of the whistleblower's communication without seeking the consent of the entity's counsel.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.