Kleiner Perkins goes on the attack in Ellen Pao gender bias trial

Lawyers for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers said in a brief filed this week that Ellen Pao, who is suing the firm for gender bias and retaliation, was a disruptive employee who earned more than her male colleagues. Pao, now the acting CEO of San Francisco social news site Reddit, is seeking $16 million from the powerful Menlo Park venture capital firm. She claims Kleiner Perkins ignored her complaints about a colleague who she says pressured her into an affair. She claims that the firm retaliated…