New SEC Disclosure Requirements for Oil & Gas, Mining and Other Resource Extraction Issuers under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010: What Public Companies Need to Know and Do Now
Client/Legal Alert
16 July 2010
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the"Act")is one of the most sweeping financial reform initiatives since the Great Depression. This Client Alert focuses on the Act's disclosure requirementsapplicableto issuers that are required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and whoengagein (i) the commercial development of oil, natural gas or minerals or (ii) who operate coal or other mines subject to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the "Mine Safety Act").