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Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko - BakerHostetler Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for Professional Ethics at Case Western Reserve University

Law’s Cassandra Burke Robertson weighs in on Swiss law firm structure

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Bloomberg LawCassandra 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.