SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley venture capital firm says the woman behind a high-profile gender discrimination lawsuit demanded $2.7 million not to appeal the jury verdict against her.
Attorneys for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers included the figure in court documents filed on Friday in San Francisco Superior Court against Ellen Pao. Pao filed a notice this week that she was appealing the March verdict.
A jury found Kleiner Perkins did not discriminate or retaliate against Pao. The case became a flashpoint in an ongoing discussion about gender inequity at elite technology and venture capital firms.
Heather Wilson, a spokeswoman for Pao, declined comment.
Kleiner Perkins is seeking more than $970,000 in legal costs from Pao. It defended the costs in Friday’s filing against Pao’s claims that they are improper and excessive.