After headline - making allegations of employment discrimination went to a jury trial, we won
a total defense verdict for venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins over former partner Ellen Pao.
The goal of such a
defense would be not to avoid a plaintiffs»
verdict, but to keep damages to a minimum and steer clear of the fate that befell Jammie Thomas - Rasset in Minnesota, when a jury assessed damages against her of $ 80,000 per song, for a
total of $ 1.92 million.