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Sotomayor Hits Pro-Business Note as Senate Testimony Nears End (Greg Stohr and William McQuillen, July 16, 2009, Bloomberg)

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

Business lawyers said the comments signaled an appreciation of the practical needs of companies, bolstering her 17-year record as a trial and appellate judge. Sotomayor has often been receptive to business arguments, as when she voted in 2006 to block class-action status for a suit that accused banks of rigging initial public offerings.

Her testimony was “music to my ears,” said Roy Englert, a Washington appellate lawyer who has represented the U.S. Chamber of Commerce before the Supreme Court.