The reduction in client and support related barriers may reflect the nurse training as well as the decision support tools and resources provided (including the integration of standardised assessment tools into routine assessment processes, written actions plans for clients and a written guide and referral directory).
Some lobby groups hire lawyers who say their actions for their clients should remain privileged and secret.
Mr. Driver said the firm had more than 20 lawyers who specialized in employment issues and was handling class-action lawsuits for clients like Northwest Airlines and Home Depot.
Fulford identifies the most important issues, develops practical solutions and maps out action plans for clients.
So much so that he has built a business customizing action figures for clients worldwide.
He strenuously denies that he has worked as a lobbyist, which is technically correct, although news media accounts have made clear recently that some actions he took for clients were indistinguishable from what registered lobbyists do.
One lawyer who works for pension funds in Florida receives e-mails every week from big class action firms prowling for clients, with queries sometimes arriving within minutes of each other after new cases are filed.
In actions for damages, the client can not make his counsel accountable for malpractice; as it is a common venture, where the fee is dependent upon success, and the lawyer is protected from the betrayal of any agreement by the special law of "privileged communication".
"Service providers (attorneys, accountants, financial advisers, bankers) would never recommend a particular course of action for a client if they did not have a basic understanding of that course of action themselves," Mr. McIntyre said.
Besides, he says, holding clearinghouses liable for the actions of their clients could scare liquidity out of the market.
Other commentators remarked on the injustice of punishing a company for the actions of its clients, and one called the event a "pseudo-sequel" to the Hot Coffee minigame controversy.
