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California Supreme Court

Sep. 21, 2013

Discrimination case against VC fund moves toward trial

Ellen Pao claims she was held back at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers because she is a woman.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO- Ellen Pao just notched another win.


The state Supreme Court on Wednesday denied review of an appeal by Pao's former employer, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, allowing her sexual discrimination lawsuit to go to trial.


She sued the company last year in San Francisco County Superior Court, accusing Kleiner Perkins of favoring men ove...

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