Judges challenge SEC over 'conflict minerals' rule | Business Information & News | Westlaw

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1/7/14 REUTERS 19:05:50
REUTERS
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January 7, 2014
Judges challenge SEC over 'conflict minerals' rule
Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. judges on Tuesday raised concerns about a new rule that forces certain manufacturers to disclose if their products contain minerals from a war-torn part of Africa, questioning the rule's purpose and whether it tramples...
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Company: SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
News Subject: (Civil Rights Law (1CI34); Intellectual Freedoms & Civil Liberties (1IN08); Judicial Cases & Rulings (1JU36); Legal (1LE33); Social Issues (1SO05); Human Rights (1HU19))
Industry: (Natural Resources (1NA60); Metals & Mining (1ME07); Mining (1MI65))
Region: (Democratic Republic of the Congo (1DE29); Central Africa (1CE37); Africa (1AF90); West Africa (1WE48))
Language: EN
Other Indexing: (Tracey Hardin; Peter Keisler; David Sentelle; A. Raymond Randolph)
Keywords: securities (MCC:OEC); (N2:US); (N2:FIN); (N2:FINS); (N2:AMERS); (subj:04000000); (subj:04006000); (N2:USA); (MCCL:OVR); (MCCL:OEC)
Word Count: 846