Judge drastically cuts court costs Ellen Pao may have to pay Kleiner

Ellen Pao, one of our women to watch this week, should pay less than a third of the court costs that Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers sought after winning a high-profile gender bias and retaliation lawsuit earlier this year, the judge on the trial has tentatively ruled. Judge Harold Kahn has made a tentative ruling before a hearing scheduled Friday that Pao should pay Kleiner Perkins $275,966.63, less than a third of the initial $973,000 the venture firm sought. California allows defendants who…