Jones Day Couple Says 1993 Parental Leave Memo Must Be Disclosed

Nov. 14, 2024, 5:06 PM UTC

Married lawyers accusing Jones Day of discriminating against biological fathers say the firm waived any attorney-client privilege over an in-house memo regarding a decades-old change to its parental leave policy.

The 1993 memorandum from Jones Day’s then-human resources director to its managing partner at the time is relevant to their case and should be seen by a jury in the 2019 case, which is scheduled for trial on Nov. 7, 2025, Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff said in a brief filed Wednesday.

Because an attorney-client privilege waiver extends beyond a specific document at issue to all advice on ...

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