Pillsbury is advising Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) on its plans to design, license and deploy its' 125 megawatt "mPower" nuclear reactor for commercial use. B&W's mPower reactor is an innovative example of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), which take up less space, require less enriched uranium, and cost less to build. They also have a safe, below ground containment structure.

On July 1, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) adopted an alignment to extend rapid transit service to Livermore, California. Pillsbury is advising BART on the $3.8 billion transportation project.

IP partners Jim Gatto and Jack Barufka were widely quoted in the financial press, including American Banker and Investment Business Daily, about what impact the Supreme Court's ruling in the Bilski decision will have on business process patents.

Catherine D. Meyer, an attorney in Pillsbury’s Privacy, Data Security & Information Use practice, recently appeared in a podcast hosted by Protiviti, a global risk and business consulting firm. The podcast examines business, technology and compliance factors prompting businesses to revamp their privacy programs.

Pillsbury's Private Equity & Venture Capital team in Shanghai, led by partner Joseph Chan, was just named "Best Investment Institution Counselor of the Year" at the 2010 TopCapital Investment and Investor Awards.

Pillsbury received the 2010 Turnaround Atlas Award for Distressed Real Estate Deal of the Year for its representation of Standard Portfolios in its $350 million acquisition of Bethany Holdings.