Jones Day, Women Attorneys Battle It Out in Latest Court Filings

Jones Day continued its push to escape portions of a lawsuit accusing it of rampant sex discrimination against female attorneys while the attorneys simultaneously sought to sure up their claims.

A third amended complaint filed Aug. 16 by a proposed class of women was proper and expected, because it was actually the one amendment federal procedural rules allow as of right, the attorneys say in a Sept. 3 filing opposing Jones Day’s motion to strike that pleading. The second amended complaint they filed Aug. 13 was required by the court in response to the denial of a former named plaintiff’s ...