article_snippet: San Francisco Superior Court heard Ray Lane, a former partner, said Kleiner, should have been 'flattered'.
article_snippet: During The case, the court heard one partner, Chi-Hua Chien, said women 'kill the buzz' as he argued only men should be invited to a dinner with Al Gore.
article_snippet: And senior partner Ted Schlein rebuffed the feminist rallying call from Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg that women 'deserve a seat at the table'.
article_snippet: senior partner Ted Schlein said: 'I really don’t think it was a very big deal to us who sits at a table or who does not.'
article_snippet: I would not have done it again, but I didn't think it was inappropriate at the time,' Pao said.