Staffing specialists are also being asked by clients to look into potential employees' use of social media.
And there are worries about what would happen to client confidentiality, and the "privilege" accorded to information given by clients to their lawyers.
Mr Strong's most serious allegations at the tribunal centre on bribes said to have been paid by clients to MFS directors Paul Ryder and Nemendra Singh who deny the allegations.
Law firms have been asked by clients to be on standby "in case of dawn raids anywhere in the country", says Li Qiang, of O'Melveny & Myers, an American law firm.
"Lobbyists are retained by clients to communicate their point of view," he said, "just as you hire an attorney to represent you in court".
The New York Times reported yesterday that two consultants from Mr. Bloomberg's 2001 mayoral campaign, Maureen Connelly and Kathleen Cudahy, have been retained by clients to lobby his administration.
In terms of advertising, i will initially run ads that have been booked by clients to appear in the Independent at no extra cost.
The success of the city's top tutors, invited by clients to tag along on ski holidays at Vail or summers in Tuscany, makes newcomers starry-eyed.
"There is an increasing pressure by clients to reduce costs and increase efficiency," he added, and with companies already familiar with outsourcing tasks like information technology work to India, legal services is a natural next step.
This month, Vacheron Constantin hosted a dinner for 40 collectors in New York to apprise them of the service, and it recently unveiled two one-of-a-kind timepieces ordered by clients to demonstrate the extreme level of customization that is possible.
