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Afternoon Briefs: Dentons merges with another firm; dad can’t be banned from procreating, court rules
Dentons will combine with Alabama law firm
Dentons has announced that it will combine with Sirote & Permutt, an Alabama law firm with 86 lawyers and offices in five locations. The merger will be Dentons’ fifth combination through Project Golden Spike, a U.S. expansion effort that uses a dual-partnership model. The Alabama firm will be known as Dentons Sirote. Dentons expects to announce additional combinations in the coming months. (Thomson Reuters Legal, Law.com, Dentons press release)
Dad can’t be barred from procreating, court says
Ohio lawmakers approve ‘stand your ground’ bill: The Wake Up for Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com
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Stand your ground: Ohio lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a controversial “stand your ground” bill that would eliminate any “duty to retreat” before using force in self-defense, despite sharp criticism from Democrats and some Republicans. Jeremy Pelzer reports that the Republican-sponsored bill now heads to Gov. Mike DeWine, who said earlier this week that lawmakers shouldn’t send him any bills loosening gun restrictions until they first pass a package of gun reforms he proposed in