Despite loss, Ellen Pao succeeded in calling out subtle sexism

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SAN FRANCISCO, California — Ellen Pao sued the famed, powerful venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins Caufield & Byers for gender discrimination and retaliation, and lost that years-long public battle on Friday

A jury of six women and six men rejected Pao's claims that Kleiner Perkins discriminated against her because of her gender by failing to promote her and firing her

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