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Conflict Minerals: Never Heard of Them? Public Companies Better Listen Up

Chances are, you had never heard of conflict minerals less than a year ago. In July, the Securities and Exchange Commission thrust this esoteric phrase into the national conversation when it finalized...

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Conflict Minerals: the Conflict Between Ethics and Profits

The recently promulgated Conflict Minerals* due-diligence requirements (Rule “1502”) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act are a unique confluence of what detractors see as political interference...

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Conflict Minerals – Not Your Typical Compliance Rule

Conflict Minerals Rule On August 22, 2012, the SEC issued the Conflict Minerals Rule (see Exchange Act Rule 13p-1), a new disclosure and reporting requirement concerning the use of tantalum, tin,...

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First Steps Toward Building a Conflict Minerals Compliance Program

On Aug. 22, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules that are likely to impact the operations of thousands of companies whose securities are traded in the United States....

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Conflict Minerals and the Importance of Transparency in Supply Chain Management

In today’s global marketplace, raw materials are increasingly produced or mined in developing countries and shipped to production sites located thousands of miles away. Distribution from far-away...

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Companies Should Not Delay Compliance With Conflict Minerals Reporting...

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) final rule on conflict minerals (Conflict Minerals Rule) entered into effect on January 1, 2013. The rule directly or indirectly imposes new requirements...

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Reading the Tea Leaves from the Oral Arguments in the Conflict Minerals Rule...

The legal challenge by several business groups to the Conflict Minerals Rule (“Rule”) may be gaining some traction.  During oral argument of their appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their...

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Winning the War Against Conflict Minerals

Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2006 blockbuster, “Blood Diamond,” helped raise awareness for conflict diamonds being mined and sold from African war zones. Conditions in these mines are often deplorable, with...

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Conflict Minerals: Compliance Considerations and Takeaways

with contributing author Thomas Larned Most of us equate the term “conflict minerals” with blood diamonds mined in a war-ravaged country and used to finance armed conflict and human rights violations....

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Conflict Minerals – Compliance Update

with contributing author Tom Larned By now, businesses (manufacturing or retail) that are engaged in the global marketplace in areas ranging from telecommunications and industrial equipment to...

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Conflict Minerals: Never Heard of Them? Public Companies Better Listen Up

Chances are, you had never heard of conflict minerals less than a year ago. In July, the Securities and Exchange Commission thrust this esoteric phrase into the national conversation when it finalized...

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Image may be NSFW.
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Conflict Minerals: the Conflict Between Ethics and Profits

The recently promulgated Conflict Minerals* due-diligence requirements (Rule “1502”) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act are a unique confluence of what detractors see as political interference...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Conflict Minerals – Not Your Typical Compliance Rule

Conflict Minerals Rule On August 22, 2012, the SEC issued the Conflict Minerals Rule (see Exchange Act Rule 13p-1), a new disclosure and reporting requirement concerning the use of tantalum, tin,...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

First Steps Toward Building a Conflict Minerals Compliance Program

On Aug. 22, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules that are likely to impact the operations of thousands of companies whose securities are traded in the United States....

View Article

Conflict Minerals and the Importance of Transparency in Supply Chain Management

In today’s global marketplace, raw materials are increasingly produced or mined in developing countries and shipped to production sites located thousands of miles away. Distribution from far-away...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Companies Should Not Delay Compliance With Conflict Minerals Reporting...

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) final rule on conflict minerals (Conflict Minerals Rule) entered into effect on January 1, 2013. The rule directly or indirectly imposes new requirements...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Reading the Tea Leaves from the Oral Arguments in the Conflict Minerals Rule...

The legal challenge by several business groups to the Conflict Minerals Rule (“Rule”) may be gaining some traction.  During oral argument of their appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their...

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Winning the War Against Conflict Minerals

Leonardo DiCaprio’s 2006 blockbuster, “Blood Diamond,” helped raise awareness for conflict diamonds being mined and sold from African war zones. Conditions in these mines are often deplorable, with...

View Article

Conflict Minerals: Compliance Considerations and Takeaways

with contributing author Thomas Larned Most of us equate the term “conflict minerals” with blood diamonds mined in a war-ravaged country and used to finance armed conflict and human rights violations....

View Article

Conflict Minerals – Compliance Update

with contributing author Tom Larned By now, businesses (manufacturing or retail) that are engaged in the global marketplace in areas ranging from telecommunications and industrial equipment to...

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