Jones Day Says Parental Leave Suit Fails ‘On Its Own Terms’ (1)

Jones Day is continuing to stand by its parental leave policies, telling a D.C. federal court that an attorney-couple’s lawsuit is “an insubstantial quibble that fails even on its own terms.”

Husband and wife lawyers Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff sued in August, alleging Jones Day’s policy discriminates based on sex.

Savignac’s discharge came two weeks after their son was born and three business days after he and Sheketoff sent the firm an email complaining about gender inequity in its allowing male employees to take eight weeks less leave for the birth of a child than female employees may use, ...