The SEC has stayed implementation of its newly-adopted proxy access rules, including the amendments to Rule 14a-8, pending resolution of a legal challenge to the rule brought by the Business Roundtable and the US Chamber of Commerce.  These controversial rules will likely not be applicable before the 2012 proxy season, at the earliest. Click here to view the SEC order.

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