Top Ohio Court Rejects Dentons Appeal Testing Big Law Model (2)

Dentons on Tuesday lost a bid to have the Ohio Supreme Court review a $32.3 million malpractice verdict in a case with implications for law firms that use a Swiss verein model.

The decision means Dentons remains on the hook for a malpractice award given to the plaintiff in the case, RevoLaze Inc., an Ohio company that uses lasers for denim products.

RevoLaze argued that Dentons shouldn’t have taken on the company’s patent case in 2015 because one of the firm’s Swiss verein affiliates in Canada had represented Gap Inc., which RevoLaze sued for patent infringement.

The verein structure lets ...