By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Capitol Times Faced with an average of two deaths a day, the state’s top health official is looking for ways to curb the abuse of opioids, both legal and otherwise. And some of that may involve getting doctors to find alternative relief for patients with chronic pain — including possibly recommending …
Arizona cyber experts warn that WannaCry outbreak just tip of iceberg; Lauren Reynolds, Rose Law Group litigation attorney who focuses on privacy and data breach issues, also sounds the alarm
By Nathan J. Fish | Cronkite News Arizona cybersecurity experts called the recent international cyberattacks known as “WannaCry” among the worst attacks they have seen, and they called it a warning about the country’s lack of cybersecurity preparation. “This is only the beginning of a very, very long list of bad stuff,” said Brett Scott, co-founder of the Arizona Cyber …
$20M to help fund new Great Hearts charter school
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Great Hearts Academies) By Rebekah L. Sanders | The Republic Great Hearts Academies, a charter-school network with roughly two dozen sites in Arizona and Texas, plans to open a new campus in Maryvale in 2018. The school, which will be located near 47th Avenue and Camelback Road, will grow to serve children in grades 3-12 …
[VIDEO] Apex Motor Club founder spells out plans in Maricopa
Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Apex Motor Club By Mawson Callejas | InMAricopa Private Motorsports Group President Jason Plotke sat down with InMaricopa to explain his organization’s plan to create APEX Motor Club in Maricopa. It is imagined as a private country club for sports car enthusiasts to bring and store their vehicles and drive them on a new track. …
Mesa pays $13k after police officers lose woman’s dog; did the city get a bargain? asks Evan Bolick, Rose Law Group litigation attorney on channel 3
3TV | CBS 5 MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) –A Valley woman with a mental disability says she is still “torn up” emotionally after Mesa police officers lost her dog. The City of Mesa paid Dawn Bennett $13,000 in January to avoid any lawsuits related to the incident at a motel on Main Street, according to documents obtained by KTVK/KPHO. …
Government and business cooperation regarding cybercrime investigations
by Lauren Reynolds and Daniel Gauthier, who are focused on cybersecurity and privacy issues Recently a client asked: The FBI wants my help with investigating a cybercrime against my business. What do I do? This is an increasingly common issue as businesses rely more on technologies with security protocols. The government has an obvious incentive to investigate the cybercrime but …
Diverse interests came together in 1980 to pass Arizona’s groundwater law; a matter of balancing growth with conservation, says Tom Galvin, Rose Law Group land use and water attorney
Controversy continues over safe-yield, Big Chino, environment By Cindy Barks | The Daily Courier Water — and its long and contentious history in Arizona – took center stage in Prescott this past week. About 275 people turned out at the Elks Theatre in downtown Prescott Wednesday evening, May 17, for the northern Arizona premier of “Groundwater, To Enact a Law …
Facebook sanction: a warning to American businesses collecting data in the EU
by Lauren Reynolds and Daniel Gauthier, who are focused on cybersecurity and privacy issues In January 2016, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), France’s data protection watchdog, notified Facebook that it was violating the French Data Protection Act and gave the social media giant three months to revise its data collection policies. Facebook provided “unsatisfactory responses,” and …
WannaCry ransomware attack illustrates need for evolution in cybersecurity norms; efforts must be coordinated globally says Lauren Reynolds, Rose Law Group litigator focusing on cybersecurity
By Zachary Goldman and Damon McCoy | The Hill Individuals and institutions affected by the WannaCry ransomware attack face a Hobson’s choice — the malicious software (malware) encrypts a user’s documents while the decryption keys remain in the hands of the cybercriminals. Victims of the attack can either pay the hackers for the release of their files, feeding the profit motive that …
Court of Appeals rules no property tax for rooftop solar panels
(Disclosure: Rose law group represents one of the taxpayers that prevailed in this ruling) Rose Law Group Reporter Thursday the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that companies leasing rooftop systems to homeowners should not be subjected to a new set of property taxes that the Department of Revenue only recently sought to impose on these businesses. The ruling upheld a …
