Jones Day Couple Must Reveal Contacts on Paternal Leave Law

Two married former associates suing Jones Day for job bias must reveal the name of everyone they consulted prior to telling the firm they believed its denial of the same parental leave to male employees it gives to female employees violates the law, a D.C. federal judge ruled.

Jones Day’s discovery demand on Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff is relevant to the former Supreme Court clerks’ employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said.

When the firm denied Savignac’s leave request the couple objected that the firm’s parental and disability leave policies violates ...