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Labor/Employment

Jun. 9, 2015

Pao's legal fee demand derided by legal observers

Ellen Pao offered to drop her appeal if Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers agreed to pay her $2.7 million tab for legal fees stemming from her failed gender discrimination lawsuit, according to a spokeswoman for the venture capital firm.


By Phil Johnson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Ellen Pao offered to drop her appeal if Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers agreed to
pay her $2.7 million tab for legal fees stemming from her failed gender discrimination
and retaliation lawsuit, according to a spokeswoman for the venture capital firm.


Pao's demand to cover her court costs, though not the offer to drop he...

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