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Re:Ellen Pao owes Kleiner Perkins $276,000 for lawsuit costs... by rnovak on Thursday June 18, 2015 @12:32AM (#9736851)
Aren't like 95%[0] of all cases settled before they even reach trial? To me it seems like that would indicate this logic isn't entirely flawed.

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Re:Ellen Pao owes Kleiner Perkins $276,000 for lawsuit costs... by Steko on Thursday June 18, 2015 @02:55AM (#9737144)
The problem with the logic is you can basically plug any number in there and say they should have settled for that number too. If people always just settled becuase they might lose guess how much Big Corps will offer for settlements?

It's easy to say she should have settled in hindsight but if she had won big we'd be saying KP should have offered her more.

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