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Sotomayor Hits Pro-Business Note as Senate Testimony Nears End  

Judge Sonia Sotomayor struck a pro- business chord in U.S. Senate testimony yesterday on her Supreme Court nomination.

“In business, the predictability of law may be the most necessary,” Sotomayor said, pointing to her eight years representing companies in private practice. . . .

As a federal trial judge in 1999, Sotomayor upheld a $1.25 million punitive award to the victim of on-the-job sex discrimination and retaliation.

At the same time, she voted with business in other cases, including a 2004 ruling throwing out a European Community lawsuit accusing the tobacco industry of cigarette smuggling.

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