2015 Event Venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has successfully defended itself in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by former junior partner Ellen Pao; the case was monitored by Silicon Valley firms, which tend to be male-dominated 1917 Event Lenin defended "temporary" removal of freedom of the press 1902 Birthday Louis Nizer, lawyer, defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw 1886 Death Robert Collier, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates, dies 1841 Birthday Georges Clemenceau, France, PM, 1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss 1817 Birthday Robert Collier, born in England, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates 1552 Birthday Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician, defended common law
