Conflict minerals regulation struck down; US Court of Appeals rules companies are protected by free speech

摘要

A REGULATION that would require companies to disclose if their products contain conflict minerals was struck down for a second time by a U.S. Appeals court. The 2-1 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia declared that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) effort to force public companies to declare whether their products may contain conflict minerals from a war-torn part of Africa violates their free speech, Reuters reported.