A long-running sex discrimination suit involving two former Jones Day associates will proceed to trial after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., denied the law firm’s request to dismiss the case. The ruling, which was issued on Wednesday, also refused the plaintiffs’ request for summary judgment. Mark Savignac and Julia Sheketoff, the plaintiffs in the case, are married and claim they faced discriminatory practices related to parental leave policies.
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