Jones Day Women Can Pursue Bias Claims Over ‘Black-Box’ Pay (1)

Six female former Jones Day associates may continue pursuing claims challenging the firm’s alleged “black-box” pay system, a federal judge said, keeping alive a lawsuit that may eventually require the firm to disclose sensitive information about how it sets attorneys’ compensation rates.

The firm’s former lawyers say the pay system and related policies, including one requiring lawyers to not discuss their pay with co-workers, had a disparate impact on women. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected Jones Day’s motion to dismiss some of those claims..

But the six lead plaintiffs failed to adequately describe how those ...