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notifying New Yorkers when their a written incident response and data
personal information has been breach notification plan; implemen-
breached ... Sabre first failed its cus- tation of specific security require-
tomers with a susceptible security More than two dozen ments and to undergo a third-party
system, then failed them when it attorneys general security assessment; and to deter-
came to provide proper notifica- mine, moving forward, whether or
announced they’d reached

tions. Today’s agreement not only a $2.4M settlement not its customers provide timely no-

imposes a hefty fine on Sabre, but agreement with the Texas- tice to their consumers and to pro-
will ensure that the company has based company, which had vide the attorneys general with a list
the appropriate security and inci- been hacked, potentially of all customers that were notified of
dent response plan in place so that any possible breach.
its failure does not take place again.” affecting 1.3 million credit Sabre Corp. general counsel Ai-
cards.
Said Florida Attorney General mee Williams-Ramey didn’t re-
Ashley Moody: “Holding compa- spond to a request for comment
nies accountable for the protec- Wednesday.
tion of Floridians’ personal in- In addition, no one from the
formation continues to be an important focus for company’s media relations team responded to a
my office. This agreement should serve as another request for comment.
important reminder to businesses that personal in- ¦

formation must be treated with high levels of care Robert Storace covers legal trends, lawsuits and
required by Florida law.” analysis for the Connecticut Law Tribune. Follow
The agreement requites the Texas-based Sabre him on Twitter @RobertSCTLaw or reach him at
Corp. to do several things. They include: establishing 203-437-5950.

Trump Pardons More Friends, Allies as White
House Term Nears End

By C. Ryan Barber

For the second time in two days, President “prosecutorial misconduct” by former Special Coun-
Donald Trump granted clemency to a broad sel Robert Mueller’s team as justifying the pardon,
slate of political allies, issuing full pardons to saying Stone was “treated very unfairly.”
his longtime adviser Roger Stone and former cam- There was never a finding of prosecutorial mis-
paign chairman Paul Manafort, in remarkable but conduct in the case against Stone. The trial judge,
anticipated reprieves that effectively wiped away Amy Berman Jackson, dismissed claims from Stone
convictions won by the special counsel team. alleging juror bias. “Pardoning him will help to right
Trump’s pardon of Stone, 68, came months after the injustices he faced at the hands of the Mueller
he commuted the provocateur’s more than three- investigation,” the White House claimed.
year sentence on charges he obstructed a congres- Trump also pardoned Manafort, who in 2018
sional investigation into Russian interference in the was found guilty of several financial crimes, includ-
2016 election and intimidated a witness. In a state- ing tax fraud and failing to disclose a foreign bank
ment, the White House cited Stone’s age and alleged
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