Jones Day Lawyers Risk Firm’s Ire if Outed in Civil Rights Suit

Welcome back to Opening Argument, a reported column where I dig into interesting disputes in high-profile cases, and unpack issues that are dividing appellate courts. On deck today: a look the discovery win Jones Day got in the fight over its alleged discriminatory parental leave policy.

Imagine being ordered by a court to throw your former co-workers under the bus.

That’s potentially what Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff are going to have to do in their civil rights lawsuit against their former employer Jones Day if any other attorneys at the firm encouraged or helped them sue the company. ...