Ellen Pao drops appeal in discrimination case
After three and a half years of legal wrangling, Ellen Pao will no longer be appealing the discrimination case she filed against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Pao alleged in the case that she was discriminated against during her time at the firm and that when she complained internally, Kleiner Perkins retaliated by firing her. A jury eventually ruled against Pao on all four counts that she brought against Kleiner Perkins.
In an op-ed posted on Re/code, Pao said she decided to end the high-profile and widely reported case because she couldn't have footed the bill for Kleiner's legal expenses should she lose on appeal. She's already on the hook for the firm's costs after losing the initial trial earlier this year.
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