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International Markets and Armed Conflict – Part II

Posted on 10/01/201227/11/2012 by markbtaylor

‘Conflict Financing’ is a periodic email bulletin from Professor Bruce Broomhall, Department of Law, Université du Québec à Montréal. The list supports those interested in conflict financing, natural resources and armed conflict, and related questions. Professor Broomhall has kindly allowed LoR to excerpt the latest edition. Below is part two (part one can be found…

Conflict Minerals Due Diligence: Not Rocket Science, Not as Costly as the Space Program (Part III)

Posted on 04/11/201127/11/2012 by markbtaylor

Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires firms to conduct conflict minerals due diligence. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is in the process of formulating the rules that will implement this requirement and no doubt raise the costs of the metals and alloys used to make a…