49 C.F.R. § 1103.14 Private communications with the Board are prohibited.
Title 49 - Transportation
To the extent that the Board acts in a quasi-judicial capacity, it is improper for litigants, directly or through any counsel or representative, to communicate privately with a Board Member, administrative law judge, or other representative of the Board about a pending case, or to argue privately the merits thereof in the absence of the adversaries or without notice to them. Practitioners at all times shall scrupulously refrain from going beyond ex parte representations which are clearly proper in view of the administrative work of the Board in their communication with the Board and its staff.
Title 49: Transportation
PART 1103—PRACTITIONERS
Subpart B—Canons of Ethics
The Practitioner's Duties and Responsibilities Toward the Board
§ 1103.14 Private communications with the Board are prohibited.
