Jones Day Women ‘Rebuke’ Sanctions Bid, Say Firm Hides Pay Data

Six women suing Jones Day for systemic discrimination against female associates have “good reason to believe” the bias extends to pay. The firm’s motion seeking sanctions that argues otherwise is based on “cherry-picked” facts and “misleading caricatures,” they told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Jones Day’s motion is based on suggestion and ignores the fact that associate pay data is “jealously guarded” by the firm, the women said Jan. 7.

The court should deny Jones Day’s motion and instead allow the women to conduct discovery on the firm’s compensation system, they said. Sanctions under Rule 11 ...