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		dirkdk on April 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kleiner Perkins seeks legal fees or dropped case f... So Kleiner spent $972,815 on their defense. That is absurd amount of money, and I am sure Ellen Pao did not have those kind of funds. That also made it hard for her to win this case

feybay on April 24, 2015 | [–]

The fact that she was clearly in the wrong also made it a hard case for Pao to win.

PsychopompPoet on April 24, 2015 | | [–]

Checks out -- lit up red on my Clearly-in-the-wrong-o-meter

boling11 on April 24, 2015 | [–]

Many lawyers will work on contingency (you split the winnings if you win) if they believe you have a strong case...

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