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Law professor on the potential impact of Ellen Pao's gender-bias case
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Sep 11, 2015
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Law professor on the potential impact of Ellen Pao's gender-bias case
Ex-Reddit CEO Ellen Pao announced this week that she will not appeal
Back in March, a jury decided against Ellen Pao in her gender discrimination case against her former employer Kleiner Perkins. Pao announced Thursday that she will not pursue an appeal.
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Ex-Reddit CEO Ellen Pao announced this week that she will not appeal

In 2012, a woman named Ellen Pao filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against her former employer— Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Back in March, a jury found that the firm did not discriminate against Pao based on gender bias, but there was still talk of an appeal.

Then yesterday, Ellen Pao announced she will drop the lawsuit.

In an essay on the tech site Re/code, Pao wrote that the battle has been painful both personally and professionally and that she couldn't afford the risk of incurring more debt in this legal fight.

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