Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination And Your Biz

President Obama nominated Federal Appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. But what does this mean to your business?

According to an article from BusinessWeek, she has a reputation as a centrist when it comes to business issues, citing two cases: she favored MLB players over owners in a case regarding free agency and arbitration, but rejected a petition from millions of investors regarding accusations of rigging of initial public offerings in the dot-com boom. Here, a brief breakdown of her history:

When it comes to discrimination in the workplace, she has sided slightly more often with employees over employers, but is considered “balanced”

In class action suits, she has proved to look at each case for its own individual facts to determine if a class action is appropriate

When it comes to environmental law, the case noted in the BusinessWeek article was overturned by the Supreme Court, though it does not indicate a “hard-line attitude” when it comes to environmental issues.

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BusinessWeek: Sotomayor: A Moderate on Business Issue