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Dodd-Frank Act's Conflict Minerals Provisions: Analysis of the Due Diligence and Reporting Requirements

Recorded on: Sep. 26, 2012
Running Time: 01:04:10

Taken from the briefing Dodd-Frank Act's Conflict Minerals Provisions: Analysis of Due Diligence and Reporting Requirements recorded September, 2012.

Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act established reporting obligations for issuers that manufacture or contract to manufacture products that include conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighboring countries.  These provisions are implemented by the SEC’s final rules, approved on August 22, 2012, which require issuers to take numerous steps to ensure that they are in compliance with the new rules.

Listen to Amy L. Goodman and Judith Alison Lee of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as they discuss these compliance issues that are relevant to all issuers.

Lecture Topics  [Total Time: 01:04:10]

  • Determining whether an issuer is subject to the conflict minerals rules
  • Conducting a reasonable country of origin inquiry
  • Disclosing the results on the new Form SD
  • Exercising supply chain due diligence
  • Filing a Conflict Minerals Report

Amy L. Goodman, Co-Chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group, is a corporate partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.  Ms. Goodman advises clients with respect to securities law disclosure and regulatory issues and corporate governance matters, including the representation of independent board committees.

Judith Alison Lee, Chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s International Trade and Regulation Compliance Practice Group, is an international trade partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Ms. Lee advises clients in the areas of international trade regulation, including USA Patriot Act compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, economic sanctions and embargoes, export controls, customs, international privacy issues, international intellectual property issues and international labor issues.

Presentation Material

  • Dodd-Frank Act's Conflict Minerals Provisions: Analysis of Due Diligence and Reporting Requirements - PowerPoint Presentation
  • Dodd-Frank Act's Conflict Minerals Provisions: Analysis of Due Diligence and Reporting Requirements - Conflict Minerals: Understanding the SEC's Final Rules
  • Dodd-Frank Act's Conflict Minerals Provisions: Analysis of Due Diligence and Reporting Requirements
Speaker(s)
Amy L. Goodman ~ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Judith Alison Lee ~ Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

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