The Real Precedent in the Ellen Pao Case Happened Out of Court

Ellen Pao reacts to losing her three-year battle with one of Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capital firms after a jury found that Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers did not discriminate against her because of her gender. The second video shows

gender imbalance and working conditions for women in Silicon Valley. The jury in San Francisco reached the verdict after three days of deliberations in a lawsuit filed by Ellen Pao against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

“Is this the trial of the century?” asked Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal each time I went on his radio show to discuss Ellen Pao's gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against her former employer Kleiner Perkins. I wasn't sure how to answer that

A defiant Ellen Pao said this afternoon that although she had lost her gender discrimination case against her former firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the “battle was worth it” if she helped women and minorities.

A jury in San Francisco today found the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers not liable in all claims of sex discrimination against former employee Ellen Pao. The final verdict came after a