[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
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[CITE: 17CFR144.4]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 144_PROCEDURES REGARDING THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION AND THE 
TESTIMONY OF PRESENT OR FORMER OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN RESPONSE TO 
SUBPOENAS OR OTHER DEMANDS OF A COURT--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  144.4  Production or disclosure of records by present or former 
employees.

    (a) No employee of the Commission shall, in response to a demand by 
a court or other authority or otherwise in any proceeding in which the 
Commission is not a party, produce any material contained in the files 
of the Commission or disclose any information relating to material 
contained in the files of the Commission or disclose any information or 
produce any material acquired as part of the performance of the 
employee's official duties or by virtue of the employee's official 
status unless authorized to do so by the Commission, provided that 
Commission authorization shall not be required to comply with a demand 
solely for Commission documents generally available to the public. In 
litigation in which the Commission is a party no employee may produce 
any confidential Commission material without Commission authorization.
    (b) No former employee of the Commission shall, in response to a 
demand by a court or other authority or otherwise in any proceeding in 
which the Commission is not a party, produce without Commission 
authorization any material contained in or from the files of the 
Commission acquired as part of the performance of the former employee's 
official duties while employed by the Commission. No former employee may 
in any litigation produce confidential material acquired as part of the 
performance of the former employee's official duties while employed by 
the Commission unless authorized to do so by the Commission.