As firms struggle to increase revenue, they realize that representing business people behaving badly is good for the bottom line.
It is an odd mix, divided into blocks representing business and professional interests which are themselves aligned with political factions.
"That's the problem," said Julie A. Pace, a lawyer representing business and advocate groups opposed to the law.
The methodology is based on the idea of creating a unified framework for representing business activities as a basis for business process modeling.
Some countries demanded that groups representing business and public-interest causes be thrown out of the room when governments drafted documents for the summit in November.
With the exception of Justice Elena Kagan and one other, every former solicitor general for the past 15 years leads a law firm group representing business clients.
These specialists make their livings representing business interests, and they have used the skills they honed in government service to achieve notable successes in the Supreme Court.
Those with the biggest influence are the economic elites (defined as those in the top 10% by earning power) and interest groups representing business.
The Purple Line has support from more than 40 public interest groups, Mr. Cahalan said, including those representing business, labor, environmentalists and mass transit advocates.
It was the first time that the acting board, appointed in 1998, had faced united opposition from groups representing business, technical, public and individual interests.
Some of the most powerful interest groups — representing business, labor, hospitals and insurers — have tried to set aside their differences to call for action.
