ARLINGTON, VA -- Three non-governmental organizations have filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals in a suit that challenges the final SEC rule implementing
the so-called Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly referred to as the “conflict minerals rule.”

ATLANTA -- Consider all the process-related equipment and materials that were conceived but either were short-lived or never made it: The plastic stencil. Unmixed solder and flux. TAB bonding. The list goes on.