March 10, 2022
Jones Day has resolved a suit by a fired paralegal who sued the global firm claiming discrimination and harassment that she said included being threatened with a toy gun, according to a court filing entered Thursday.
December 14, 2021
A fired Jones Day paralegal accusing the firm of discrimination and harassment was actually let go for lying to a partner after giving a "middling" professional performance that required constant hand-holding, the firm claimed Tuesday in response to her Massachusetts federal lawsuit.
November 03, 2021
A Massachusetts federal judge gave a fired paralegal two weeks to serve Jones Day with her discrimination and harassment suit during a hearing Wednesday in which he invoked the name of one of the global firm's early partners and wondered whether he'd be proud of the service dispute.
October 15, 2021
A fired Jones Day paralegal's "feeble justifications" shouldn't win her a second chance to serve the international law firm with her discrimination and harassment suit, the firm told a Boston federal judge Friday.
September 07, 2021
Jones Day is looking to shake a paralegal’s claims of harassment and discrimination by members of the firm’s tax and real estate group, claiming Tuesday that the former employee failed to serve the firm in either state or federal court.
February 17, 2021
A Jones Day partner threatened a Haitian-born paralegal at the firm's Boston office with a wooden toy gun he kept in his desk after she filed internal discrimination claims, according to a lawsuit filed by the former employee alleging a pattern of harassment.