Jones Day Couple Slams Firm’s Dismissal Bid in Dad-Leave Case

Husband and wife lawyers suing Jones Day for alleged parental leave bias against men and other sex discrimination told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia the firm’s motion to dismiss the suit is a baseless personal “attack” and must be denied.

The justification Jones Day cites for giving new mothers eight more weeks of paid leave than new fathers may take “is a sham,” Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff said in their opposition to the firm’s motion. The firm’s leave policy labels those eight extra weeks as “disability leave,” but it gives all new moms the additional ...