The Net may be a new venue for annual meetings; state laws and most corporate bylaws need to be revised in order to count wired participants present for voting purposes

Article Abstract:

Corporate board and shareholder meetings may in the future be held via the Internet, although legal obstacles for such meetings such as the verification of participants' identities and confidentiality remain. How online meetings will affect shareholder voting and the outcome of elections remains uncertain. Corporate directors may not grant proxies and the Internet may not be as useful for board meetings, and confidentiality concerns will probably make directors reluctant to use online technology.

Management, Corporate governance, Location, Stockholder meetings

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Legal practitioners take note: virtual lawyering has arrived; technology creates a growing interdependence among the Web, attorneys and consumers

Article Abstract:

Issues are discussed regarding the empowering of low- and moderate-income consumers with legal knowledge provided by Internet sources. A 1996 ABA study revealed that only about a third of low- and moderate-income households had taken formal legal action and about half of these were dissatisfied with the result and that a large proportion of legal situations in such households never reached the justice system.

Practice, Self-help (Law), Self help (Law)

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21st-century technology meets 20th-century laws; tension between old divisions of federal and state jurisdiction impedes growth of Web Rx biz

Article Abstract:

The challenge to safety mechanisms and quality assurance posed by Internet pharmacies is discussed. State law must be harmonized to permit a somewhat uniform application of regulations to Internet activity. , and, failing this, a federal solution will be proposed. The proposal for wider authority of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to Internet pharmacies was such a solution.

Pharmaceutical industry, Technology application

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