Jones Day Seeks Sanctions in Women’s Pay Bias Suit (1)

Jones Day wants a federal court in Washington to dismiss female former associates’ pay bias claims because they didn’t have “a good-faith basis” to allege the firm pays male associates more for equal work.

“Plaintiffs have admitted they have no factual basis for the allegation. And, in fact, they admitted that the facts they knew contradicted their allegation,” Jones Day told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Dec. 6 in a motion seeking sanctions.

“Plaintiffs also admitted that they did no investigation prior to leveling the accusation of systemic sex-based disparate pay,” Jones Day said.

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