Former HP chairman to testify in venture firm sexism trial

Onetime highflying tech executive Ray Lane is expected to testify Monday in a discrimination and retaliation trial involving his former employer, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the investment firm that has backed companies from Google Inc (GOOGL.O) to Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O). Lane, who previously served as executive chairman of Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) and president of Oracle Corp (ORCL.N), is likely to discuss his response to incidents of alleged harassment and discrimination at the venture capital firm. Whether it reacted appropriately is at the heart of the suit, filed by former partner Ellen Pao.

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