Sec. 1.734  Specifications as to pleadings, briefs, and other documents; 
          subscription.

    (a) All papers filed in any formal complaint proceeding must be 
drawn in conformity with the requirements of Secs. 1.49 and 1.50.
    (b) All averments of claims or defenses in complaints and answers 
shall be made in numbered paragraphs. The contents of each paragraph 
shall be limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set of 
circumstances. Each claim founded on a separate

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transaction or occurrence and each affirmative defense shall be 
separately stated to facilitate the clear presentation of the matters 
set forth.
    (c) The original of all pleadings and other submissions filed by any 
party shall be signed by that party, or by the party's attorney. The 
signing party shall state his or her address and telephone number and 
the date on which the document was signed. Copies should be conformed to 
the original. Except when otherwise specifically provided by rule or 
statute, pleadings need not be verified. The signature of an attorney or 
party shall be a certificate that the attorney or party has read the 
pleading, motion, or other paper; that to the best of his or her 
knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry, it 
is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good 
faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing 
law; and that it is not interposed for any improper purpose.
[ 53 FR 11855 , Apr. 11, 1988. Redesignated at  58 FR 25573 , Apr. 27, 1993]