Even if the petition's proponents keep pressing for rules that would facilitate low-threshold poison pills, the S.E.C should avoid serving this objective.
The agency, concerned that deals like the one covering Hytrin may be costing the public millions of dollars in higher drug prices, is pressing for new rules to discourage them -- rules that trade groups for both brand and generic drug makers oppose.
Several security companies have themselves been pressing for the rules, warning that an influx of inexperienced and small companies has contributed to a chaotic atmosphere.
This has prompted some states to pass laws granting blanket approval for telecoms firms to launch television services, and the industry is now pressing for federal rules to cover the whole country.
They have argued hard for the ratification of the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty by all countries including America, whose new administration, like the Senate, opposes it and are pressing for new rules to strengthen the ban on biological weapons, despite American doubts.
One is the systemic element, which is the button pressing and the rules of the game.
I willed my butt to stay in the chair even though I couldn't breathe with the humming lights and rules pressing down on me.
Experts, not generalists, would rule; pressing concerns about classified information would be minimized; and speedy decisions would be easier to reach.
Mr Lipton and others are pressing for a rule change that would have the opposite effect, by obliging activists to disclose stakes at a lower threshold (2% of a firm's shares rather than the current 5%) and more quickly (within a day rather than the current ten).
According to the Telegraph, a majority of Labour's 41 Scottish MPs are also pressing Ed Miliband to rule out any formal deal with the SNP.
