Conflict Minerals Reporting Requirements
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The New SEC Conflict Minerals Rule: Overcoming the Challenges of Compliance
The conflict minerals case was remanded to the United Stated District Court for the District of Columbia for further proceedings. Judge Jackson ordered the parties to file a joint status report indicating whether any further...more
On January 31, 2017, Michael Piwowar, Acting Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), issued two Statements regarding the current status of guidance on and implementation of the conflict minerals rules....more
The Sixth Circuit last week concluded that Morrison, which held that Section 10(b) does not have extraterritorial reach, is inapplicable to Advisers Act Section 10(b). The DC Circuit, on rehearing, reaffirmed its prior...more
On August 18, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its opinion on the rehearing of the lawsuit challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission’s conflict minerals rule. The ruling upheld the...more
In this issue: - US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Upholds Decision on Conflict Minerals Rule - CFTC Issues Order of Exemption From Registration as a DCO to ASX Clear (Futures) Pty Limited and...more
On August 18, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in a 2-1 decision (opinion available here), confirmed its earlier decision in April 2014 by ruling that the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more
According to this article from The Washington Post with Bloomberg, in February, House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling and three other House members (Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Bill Huizenga of Michigan,...more
In November, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the petitions of the SEC and Amnesty International for panel rehearing in connection with the conflict minerals case, National Association of Manufacturers, Inc. v. SEC....more
On November 18, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the petitions of the Securities Exchange Commission and Amnesty International for a panel rehearing of the lawsuit challenging the SEC’s...more
In this issue: - US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Grants Petition for Rehearing of Decision on Conflicts Minerals Rule - Register for Our 2015 Proxy Season Update Webinar - SEC...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has granted the petition for a panel rehearing (as opposed to an en banc rehearing) in the conflict minerals case. The court asked the parties to file briefs...more
Earlier, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the appellants in the conflict minerals case, NAM et al, to file a response to the SEC’s and Amnesty International’s petition for an en...more
On May 14, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a per curium order denying the motion filed by the National Association of Manufacturers (“NAM”) to stay the SEC’s Conflict Minerals Rule....more
On May 14, 2014, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied the emergency motion filed by the National Association of Manufacturers to stay the effectiveness of the SEC’s conflict minerals rules. The first...more
Stay of conflict minerals disclosure may be decided by May 26, 2014. On May 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the briefing schedule that was requested by the National Association...more
On May 7, 2014 the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit filed a per curiam order in response to the appellant’s emergency motion for stay of the SEC’s Conflict Minerals Rule...more
NAM et al’s original motion for an emergency stay in the conflict minerals case requested a decision by May 26, 2014, just ahead of the filing deadline for Form SD. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of...more
Today the SEC issued a Statement on the Effect of the Recent Court of Appeals Decision on the Conflict Minerals Rule. (See our earlier blogs regarding the conflict minerals rule and the legal challenge thereto). Form SD...more