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¦ From RUTGERS UNIVERSITY on PAGE 15 achieve our nation’s promise of genuinely equal jus-
until Rutgers partnered with a developer to renovate tice under the law, the case for naming a building for
the building into student housing at a cost of $83 Ginsburg is more than strikingly appropriate,” Can-
million. The renovated building opened in 2015. tor said. “It is urgent.”
Rutgers-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor pro- ¦

posed the renaming, and said it is fitting that Ruth Karen Sloan is the Legal Education Editor and
Bader Ginsburg Hall faces a public park that is slated Senior Writer at ALM. Contact her at ksloan@
to be renamed for Harriet Tubman. alm.com. On Twitter: @KarenSloanNLJ Sign
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precedented surge in awareness of who among us update on trends and innovation in legal edu-
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CafePress Reaches $2M Settlement With
States Over Data Breach

By Robert Storace

Acoalition of seven states—including New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut—announced a
$2 million settlement Friday with CafePress
Inc. over a data breach that compromised the person-
al information of 22 million consumers nationwide.
The states said that CafePress—a Kentucky-based
online retailer of personalized items and apparel
including T-shirts, bags and mugs—failed to take
action for several months following the February
2019 breach.
The settlement includes an immediate payment
of $750,000 to the seven states, which also includes
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Oregon. The
agreement calls on the remainder of the $2 million
payment to be suspended based on the company’s
financial considerations.
some cases, full Social Security numbers and credit
Of the $750,000, New York, which was the card information. They failed to protect that infor-
lead state investigating the company, will receive mation, and, as a result, compromised the security of
$304,000 for consumers there, and Connecticut will millions of consumers, including many in Connect-
receive about $64,000. icut,” said Connecticut Attorney General William
The attorneys general representing New York and Tong, in a statement.
Connecticut said CafePress had an obligation to Tong continued: “This settlement requires Cafe-
protect the personal information of its customers. Press to pay a substantial penalty to the states, and
“CafePress retained highly sensitive personal to commit strong protections going forward to en-
information from their customers, including, in sure the security of consumer information.”

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