Phoenix-area law firms bolster security after shootings shake legal community; firm assessing its safety policies and procedures; ‘Arizona Republic’ talks to Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president

By Rachel Leingang | The Republic Phoenix-area law firms added security measures while mourning the loss of their colleagues after a weekend of little information on a string of shootings targeting the legal community. Six people were killed by a shooter over the past few days, starting last Thursday. The suspected shooter was found dead in a hotel from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound …

Survey: Real estate businesses lacking in information security; they should proactively protect this information, says Lauren Reynolds, Rose Law Group litigation attorney who focuses on privacy and data breach issues

RISMedia Few real estate businesses have policies in place for handling confidential information—information about clients, namely—and even less understand legal requirements about housing and/or trashing sensitive information, according to a recently released survey. Per findings from the Shred-it Information Security Tracker Survey, conducted by Ipsos, 26 percent of real estate businesses have no formal procedure for managing personal information on …