SAVIGNAC et al v. JONES DAY et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:19-cv-02443

Court:

District Of Columbia

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

Randolph D. Moss

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  1. March 01, 2022

    Jones Day, Ex-Associates Can't Resolve Discovery Disputes

    Jones Day and two married former associates suing the firm over its parental leave policy can't work out their differences in a discovery battle, documents filed Monday show.

  2. February 24, 2022

    Parental Leave Suit Expanded To Target Jones Day Partner

    Two married former Jones Day associates suing the firm over its parental leave policy have added an appeals practice group leader as a defendant, saying she played a key role in crafting a press release intended to disparage them after they filed suit. 

  3. January 31, 2022

    Jones Day, Judge Spar Over Private Docs In Family Leave Suit

    A D.C. federal judge repeatedly pushed back Monday against Jones Day's assertion that he's getting too involved in discovery disputes with two married former associates suing the firm over its family leave policy and suggested that it would not be prejudicial to privately review sensitive information about partnership, partner compensation and other financial records.

  4. August 23, 2021

    Ex-Jones Day Attys Say Firm's Bid To Stop Discovery A 'Loser'

    A pair of married former Jones Day associates slammed the firm's attempt to stop their request for partner compensation and other financial data for their retaliation lawsuit, calling the firm's filing in D.C. federal court "a loser on both the law and the facts."

  5. August 04, 2021

    Jones Day Blasts Ex-Associates' 'Intrusive' Bid For Pay Data

    Jones Day rebuked a pair of married former associates' request for partner compensation and other financial data for their lawsuit accusing the firm of retaliation after complaining about its parental leave policy, telling a D.C. federal judge that discovery for these records is irrelevant and, at a minimum, premature.

  6. July 19, 2021

    Judge Sets Discovery Rules In Jones Day Family Leave Suit

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge overseeing a suit by two former Jones Day lawyers challenging the firm's parental leave policy has approved limits on who can access sensitive information shared during discovery, but denied the ex-associates' bid for a more expansive protective order. 

  7. June 29, 2021

    Jones Day Pans Ex-Associates' 'Animus' In Sex Bias Battle

    A pair of married former associates behind a bias suit against Jones Day brought bitterness but no evidence that the court needs to protect the BigLaw powerhouse's workers from retaliation based on information that might come out in the case, the firm told a D.C. federal judge.

  8. June 17, 2021

    Ex-Jones Day Attys Say Workers Need Protection From Firm

    Former Jones Day associates accusing the firm of gender bias in pay and its family leave practices told a federal judge that a protective order in the case is necessary to shield current and former workers at the BigLaw powerhouse from potential retaliation.

  9. May 13, 2021

    Ex-Jones Day Pair Shed Light On Associate Role In Bias Suit

    A former Jones Day lawyer has bolstered her and her husband's discrimination lawsuit against the powerhouse firm with details about life and pay as associates there, information a D.C. federal judge said she needed to provide in order to properly evaluate her wage bias claim.

  10. April 29, 2021

    Jones Day Atty Wins Fresh Look At Axed Equal Pay Claim

    A former Jones Day associate suing the firm for sex discrimination convinced a D.C. federal judge that he'd used too strict a legal test when he threw out her equal pay allegation and won the court's blessing to retry the claim under a lighter standard.