No shareholder may commence a derivative proceeding until: (1) a written demand has been made upon the corporation to take suitable action; and (2) 90 days have elapsed from the date the demand was made, or, if the decision whether to reject such demand has been duly submitted to a vote of the shareholders, not including the holders of those shares referred to in section 7.44(b)(3), within 60 days from the date when demand was made, 120 days have elapsed from the date the demand was made, unless
This section shall apply to a trust that is an investment company, as defined in the Investment Company Act or 1940, and that is registered thereunder with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. A trustee of a trust who with respect to the trust is not an interested person, as defined in said Investment Company Act of 1940, shall be deemed to be independent and disinterested when making any determination or taking any action as a trustee. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 182, § 2B
If the corporation commences an inquiry into the allegations made in the demand or complaint, the court may stay any derivative proceeding for a period as the court considers appropriate. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156D, § 7.43 Added by Acts 2003, c. 127, § 17, eff. 7/1/2004.