Kleiner Perkins seeks almost $1 million in costs in Pao case

By Dan Levine and Jim Christie SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers is seeking to recover about $973,000 (646,125.25 pound) in costs from a high profile gender discrimination trial that captivated Silicon Valley, according to a court filing on Thursday. A jury cleared Kleiner Perkins in March of claims it short-circuited former partner Ellen Pao's career because she is a woman. Kleiner has offered to waive its legal costs should Pao choose not