SO I SEE FEMINIST TYPES PORTRAYING THIS AS SOME SORT OF VICTORY DESPITE HER LOSING: Jury finds no gender discrimination against Ellen Pao in case that captivated Silicon Valley.

But the most likely consequence — which would have been even more likely if she had won — will be for firms to be less willing to hire women in the first place. Doubly so, of course, if they talk about “social justice” a lot.