Lawyer, spare a dime? Due to budget cuts, attorneys in Kleiner case paid for jurors' lunch, laptops

One lunchtime during the Pao trial, Kleiner attorney Lynne Hermle told me something remarkable: On that particular day, Kleiner was picking up the tab for the jurors’ lunch. The idea — that attorneys for the defense would be providing jurors with free food — seemed so jarring that I had to call Kleiner’s press spokesperson for confirmation: How is that possible? How is that legal? In fact, Kleiner’s flack assured […]