Amendments two married former Jones Day associates made to their job bias lawsuit against the firm—adding partner Traci Lovitt as a defendant and new factual allegations—were procedurally improper, a further grab for media attention, and should be stricken, Jones Day told a D.C. federal judge.
Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff filed the third amended complaint in the August 2019 paternity leave, sex discrimination, and retaliation suit on Feb. 23 without first seeking Jones Day’s consent or permission from the court, the firm said Wednesday.
The couple’s time for amending the suit without consent or permission expired more than two years ...
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