April 12, 2023
Two former Jones Day associates challenging the firm's parental leave policy urged a D.C. federal court to hand them a win, arguing any jury would find sexism at least partially to blame for the disparity in leave given to male and female attorneys at the firm.
March 06, 2023
Jones Day wants a Washington, D.C., federal court to shut down a headline-grabbing lawsuit challenging its parental leave policy and to sanction the two former associates who filed it, saying that after discovery the plaintiffs have found "no valid evidence" to support their claims.
January 30, 2023
Two former Jones Day associates challenging the firm's parental leave policy say the firm's "frivolous" sanctions motions against them is "calculated to harass" and is itself grounds for sanctions, according to a cross-motion filed in D.C. federal court.
January 02, 2023
Jones Day, Davis Polk and Levi & Korsinsky are among the legal industry players embroiled in discrimination and harassment cases brought from within their ranks that will see major developments in the coming year. Here, Law360 looks at five ongoing employment suits against law firms worth keeping track of in 2023.
December 05, 2022
Jones Day has asked a D.C. federal court to toss a suit brought by two married former associates challenging the firm's parental leave policy, arguing their claims are so lacking in evidence that the ex-employees should be punished for refusing to drop them.
July 21, 2022
Buchalter APC recently joined the ranks of national law firms facing workplace discrimination lawsuits from within their ranks. Here are five discrimination cases against law firms to keep an eye on in the second half of 2022.
May 13, 2022
Two married former Jones Day associates who are suing the firm over its parental leave policy can't change their charges against their former employer because of the amount of time that passed between the court dismissing the couple's original allegations in 2019 and their new filing, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday.
March 01, 2022
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.
February 24, 2022
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.
January 31, 2022
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.