June 28, 2021
A former Jones Day lawyer accusing the firm of underpaying its female associates, the last remaining plaintiff in the suit, dropped all of her claims Monday, bringing the contentious and more than two-year-old case to an end.
May 18, 2021
The last remaining former Jones Day lawyer suing the BigLaw powerhouse for purportedly underpaying female associates has lost her battle to subpoena a former firm partner by email, as a D.C. federal judge said the prevailing case law requires that the document be delivered in person.
March 31, 2021
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday left a once-sprawling suit accusing Jones Day of widespread pay and sex bias hanging by a thread, tossing the last remaining Equal Pay Act claim weeks after an exodus of plaintiffs left just one associate's claims standing.
March 11, 2021
Five of the six female former Jones Day lawyers behind a high-profile suit accusing the BigLaw powerhouse of underpaying women associates told a D.C. federal court Thursday that they had dropped out of the case, leaving only one ex-associate's claims in play.
January 03, 2021
Cases where powerhouse law firms stand accused of subjecting lawyers and other staff to discrimination were closely watched in 2020. Here's where five suits against BigLaw heavyweights stand going into the new year.
December 23, 2020
Jones Day and six former associates have laid out what remains of a pay and sex discrimination suit for a Washington, D.C., federal judge after the women recently abandoned efforts to represent a class of lawyers, setting the stage for the court to assess their individual claims in 2021.
December 15, 2020
The former Jones Day lawyers accusing the firm of underpaying female associates said they were abandoning their effort to rope hundreds of other women attorneys into a class action, a decision that comes after they scrutinized years of the firm's compensation data.
October 19, 2020
A D.C. federal judge denied Jones Day's bid Monday to limit the scope of a looming deposition of its director of human resources in a blockbuster proposed pay discrimination class action, but pointedly warned counsel for the legal powerhouse's three female ex-associates who filed the case not to engage in a "fishing expedition."
September 29, 2020
Jones Day has told a D.C. federal judge to stick with his decision to toss a former associate's Equal Pay Act claim, insisting the attorney hasn't shown she tackled the same workload as her higher-paid male peers.
September 14, 2020
Jones Day has urged a D.C. federal judge to narrow a gender bias suit against the legal powerhouse, claiming three female former associates are misrepresenting data and making a "mockery" of federal law.