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San Francisco Chronicle: A Marin County jury awarded $113,800 to a woman after determining George Lucas’ Lucasfilm withdrew a job offer after finding out she was pregnant.

Mother Jones: The Chamber is opposed to a ban on deepwater drilling, lobbied against a bill that would allow victims of the gulf explosion to sure for damages, and opposes lifting the cap on BP’s liability for damages caused by the gulf catastrophe.

Associated Press: A 72-year-old woman has been awarded $8 million in compensatory damages after a jury ruled Fosamax is “unreasonably dangerous due to defective design.”

New York Times editorial: “Businesses love these provisions, because arbitrators act quickly and almost always rule in their favor.”

Huffington Post: University of Texas law professor Charles M. Silver thinks the compensation funds for victims of 9/11 and the gulf oil catastrophe are fine, but wonders how much further such an approach should extend.

New York Times: “A roundup of some of the biggest consumer issues that members of Congress addressed and where they ended up.”

FairWarning: The U.S. Department of Labor’s legal arm is failing to pursue the great majority of cases referred to it by OSHA when workers are illegally fired or demoted for blowing the whistle on safety violations.