According to David Farabee, an environmental and climate change partner with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in San Francisco, today's decision by the EPA to grant a waiver to California to allow the state to implement its carbon emissions reduction program is historic in more ways than one.

Cloud computing poses significant legal and compliance issues, particularly for users in heavily-regulated industries. Pillsbury Privacy & Data Protection attorneys John L. Nicholson and Wayne C. Matus describe factors organizations should consider when evaluating cloud computing and negotiating with service providers.

Pillsbury ranks 18th out of 411 law firms in building strong relationships with clients according to a new survey of Fortune 1000 corporations conducted by BTI Consulting Group, Inc.

On June 18, at the 2009 International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards in Paris, Pillsbury beat out nine other U.S. law firms to win gold as Best Government Affairs/Regulatory Law Firm of the Year.

The Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC), a respected advisory group on data privacy policies and technology, recently interviewed Pillsbury Privacy & Data Protection attorney John L. Nicholson for the center's guest podcast series examining emerging trends in data breach prevention and new privacy laws.