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  1. November 09, 2015

    DC Circ. Won't Hear Bid To Revive SEC Conflict Minerals Rule

    The D.C. Circuit denied a full panel hearing Monday for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Amnesty International, which had petitioned the court to revive a requirement that companies publicly disclose if their products contain minerals mined in Central African war zones.

  2. October 02, 2015

    SEC Takes Second Shot At Conflict Minerals Rule In DC Circ.

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked the D.C. Circuit Friday to revive a requirement that companies publicly disclose if certain products contain minerals mined in Central African warzones, saying the court's recent disposal of the rule undermines the government's ability to regulate what kinds of information are available to the public.

  3. August 21, 2015

    3 DC Circ. Rulings Shaping The SEC's Dodd-Frank Powers

    Over 40 days this summer, the D.C. Circuit has weighed in three times on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's powers under the Dodd-Frank Act, giving the agency alternatively passing and failing grades for steps it's taken since the law's passage in 2010. Here, Law360 looks at the rulings and what they hold for the regulator.

  4. August 18, 2015

    SEC Loses Bid To Revive Conflict Minerals Disclosure Rule

    A divided D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld a 2014 ruling that struck down a key part of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requirement that public companies disclose whether their products are free from certain conflict minerals, saying that nothing in the past year of litigation has convinced it to overturn its initial opinion.

  5. December 09, 2014

    SEC Urges DC Circ. To Restore Conflict Mineral Disclosure

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday told the D.C. Circuit that SEC rules the court overturned requiring manufacturers to say whether their products have been found to be free of conflict minerals do not violate companies' First Amendment rights.

  6. November 18, 2014

    DC Circ. Will Rehear SEC Conflict Mineral Ruling

    The D.C. Circuit has agreed to reconsider a decision that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cannot force companies to disclose when their products contain conflict minerals, in light of the same circuit's recent ruling upholding U.S. Department of Agriculture country of origin labeling rules.

  7. September 15, 2014

    SEC Should Be Denied Conflict Mineral Rehearing, Groups Say

    A coalition of business groups has urged the D.C. Circuit to rebuff the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's bid for an en banc review of an earlier decision to strike down a central tenet of the agency's conflict minerals rules.

  8. May 30, 2014

    SEC Asks Court To Delay Rehearing Of Conflict Minerals Case

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday asked the D.C. Circuit to reconsider its finding that the agency's rule requiring issuers to report if they cannot disprove that their products may have ties to African rebel groups violates the First Amendment.

  9. May 14, 2014

    DC Circ. Won't Block SEC's Conflict Minerals Deadline

    The D.C. Circuit refused Wednesday to block an upcoming deadline for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's implementation of a new rule requiring that companies disclose their use of African conflict minerals, despite recently ruling that one of its provisions violated the First Amendment.

  10. May 09, 2014

    Manufacturers Urge DC Circ. To Stay Conflict Minerals Rule

    A coalition of groups representing the metal, plastic and chemical industries on Thursday urged the D.C. Circuit to order a full stay of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's controversial conflict mineral rule after the circuit partially struck down the rule in April.

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