July 16, 2020
The married former Jones Day associates suing the firm over its family leave policy have defended their bid to add retaliation claims to their suit, telling a D.C. federal judge that the firm's "tone of aggrievement" concerning their request was "unwarranted."
July 08, 2020
Jones Day has defended a public statement it released last year disparaging the married former associates who are challenging the firm's family leave policy, arguing Wednesday that the couple's claim the statement was illegally retaliatory pushes the suit to the "apex of absurdity."
July 01, 2020
The married former Jones Day associates suing the firm over its family leave policy want to beef up their lawsuit with retaliation claims based on "highly personal and malicious attacks" the legal powerhouse leveled against them in a public statement last year.
November 08, 2019
The married ex-associates challenging Jones Day's family leave policy asked again Friday for a Washington, D.C., federal judge to let them file another brief opposing the legal giant's bid to toss their suit, calling the firm's defense an "astonishing desertion" of earlier arguments.
October 29, 2019
The married ex-associates alleging Jones Day's family leave policy discriminates against dads told a Washington, D.C., federal court that the BigLaw powerhouse has pulled a legal about-face and swapped in "meritless" new arguments to back its bid to torpedo their lawsuit.
October 18, 2019
Jones Day told a Washington, D.C., federal court Thursday that a discrimination suit brought by two married former associates challenging the firm's parental leave policy is merely a "quibble" over semantics.
October 11, 2019
Two married, former Jones Day associates asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge not to dismiss their discrimination suit against the firm Thursday, saying it misrepresented precedent in its bid to defend a "sexist" parental leave policy that favors women over men.
September 27, 2019
Jones Day implored a Washington, D.C., federal court Friday to throw out a suit brought by two married former associates claiming the firm's parental leave policy discriminates against fathers, slamming their claims as "meritless" and arguing its "generous leave policies are sex-neutral on their face and entirely lawful."
August 21, 2019
Jones Day will have an extra month to respond to a suit by two married former associates who allege the firm's parental leave policy discriminates against fathers, a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled Wednesday.
August 20, 2019
The married couple accusing Jones Day of basing its family leave policy on "archaic gender roles" chided the firm for "smearing their reputations" in an allegedly misleading public statement rather than responding to their Aug. 13 complaint in Washington, D.C., federal court.