Supreme Court May Be Last Stop for Conflict Minerals Rule
The SEC’s Conflict Minerals Rule may be headed to the nation’s highest court after suffering another legal setback in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit this week. To preserve the rule’s full slate of intended disclosure requirements, the Commission has one last legal option: a review of ...
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