Big law operating model threatened in Baker McKenzie Mine case Bloomberg Law: Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-BakerHostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics, weighed in on a Swiss structure that allows law firms to affiliate in an effort to jointly market services. The model is facing its second legal test in less than a year. “If the plaintiffs’ theory prevails here, I think it does create a risk for firms adopting a verein structure,” she said. |