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(73 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2015, 09:15 AM Jun 2015

Ellen Pao must pay Kleiner $276k in legal costs [View all]

Source: USA Today

SAN FRANCISCO—Ellen Pao will have to pay $275,966 in costs for her failed discrimination and retaliation case against her former employer, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, or about a quarter of what the company had asked for.

On Wednesday, Judge Harold Kahn issued a tentative ruling on the issue of costs incurred by Kleiner.

Pao lost her case charging gender discrimination and retaliation against Kleiner on March 27.

As was its legal right, on April 23, Kleiner asked that Pao repay $972,814 in costs for expert fees, depositions, transcription and travel for expert witnesses it had incurred during the trial.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/06/17/kleiner-perkins-ellen-pao-award/28888471/

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Ellen Pao must pay Kleiner $276k in legal costs [View all] Veldrick Jun 2015 OP

"As its legal right" Sanity Claws Jun 2015 #1

That is the problem, the effect it will have on future discriminations suits. still_one Jun 2015 #2

It didn't have a chilling effect on Ellen Pao Veldrick Jun 2015 #5

They offered to waive court cost if she didn't appeal tammywammy Jun 2015 #7

So the court did nothing unprecedented... You admit Veldrick Jun 2015 #16

My experience wtih Labor Law cases is the reverse Hepburn Jun 2015 #3

Our experiences do differ Sanity Claws Jun 2015 #4

Employment law is where kangaroo courts prevail in this country cosmicone Jun 2015 #11

That is not true Sanity Claws Jun 2015 #14

tell us the 9 cases out of 10 that you're referring to CreekDog Jun 2015 #18

If you go to the link and read the actual ruling tammywammy Jun 2015 #6

That's astounding Sanity Claws Jun 2015 #8

The ruling lists all the costs tammywammy Jun 2015 #9

5 expert witnesses for a single plaintiff? Sanity Claws Jun 2015 #10

Pao has offered to drop the appeal if they pay her $2.7M in court cost. tammywammy Jun 2015 #12

I disagree Sanity Claws Jun 2015 #17

The Tort Reform movement pushed by corporations and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Dustlawyer Jun 2015 #13

You are right Sanity Claws Jun 2015 #15

Excuse me while I KamaAina Jun 2015 #19