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.
August 14, 2019
A married couple who previously worked as Jones Day associates has hit the legal giant with a lawsuit, accusing the firm of assigning gender roles through its parental leave policy as it faces an ongoing high-profile pregnancy and gender bias suit from a group of female attorneys.