2020 Press Releases

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• 9/19/2020 AG Tong Statement on Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement last night on social media on following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• 10/23/2020 Attorney General Tong Fights Trump Administration Push to Enable Health Care Discrimination

  Coalition Files Amicus Brief Against HHS Final Rule Allowing Health Care Providers to Refuse to Provide Health Care on Basis of “Religious or Moral Objections”

• 5/21/2020 Attorney General Tong Urges Congress to Pass Safeguarding America's First Responders Act

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general urging Congress to pass S.3607, the Safeguarding America’s First Responders Act. The Act would permit the families of first responders who die or are permanently and totally disabled as a result of COVID-19 to receive the same federal benefits extended to first responders, or their survivors, otherwise killed or injured in the line of duty. Current federal law would only allow survivors access to certain benefits if evidence is provided proving the deceased or permanently disabled first responder contracted COVID-19 while on duty.

• 3/31/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Call for Federal Government to Prioritize COVID-Related Rulemaking and Freeze Non-Urgent Rules

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in calling on the Trump Administration to suspend non-COVID-19 related rulemaking to allow all parties to focus their full attention on the public health crisis.

• 7/7/2020 Attorney General William Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Robocalls

  Attorney General William Tong today released a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Barr v. AAPC, which upheld the federal robocall ban. Earlier this year, Attorney General Tong joined a coalition of 33 states in filing an amicus brief in support of the ban.

• 5/22/2020 Federal Court of Appeals Court Strikes Down Immigration Court Ruling Denying Connecticut Resident the Benefit of a State Pardon

  On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed an immigration court decision that denied Richard Marvin Thompson the full benefit of his Connecticut pardon.

• 11/7/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement on the Peaceful Transfer of Power

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on the peaceful transfer of power.

• 4/21/2020 Attorney General Tong Urges 3M to Take Further Measures to Prevent Price Gouging of Personal Protective Equipment

  Attorney General William Tong has joined Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring and 19 attorneys general in urging 3M to do more to combat inflated prices of N95 respirators and other desperately needed personal protective equipment (PPE).

• 4/16/2020 Office of the Attorney General Aids Consumers with COVID-19 Travel Concerns

  The Office of the Attorney General has received over 100 complaints from consumers seeking assistance obtaining refunds for travel cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Complaints include consumers unable to get refunds from airlines, challenges cancelling and postponing cruises, and difficulties cancelling or changing hotel reservations.

• 7/29/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces Court Victory for Connecticut Air Quality

  Attorney General William Tong announced the U.S. District Court in New York has granted the request of Connecticut and other nearby states in ordering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to hold upwind states accountable for cross-state air pollution in compliance with the Clean Air Act.

• 2/14/2020 State Secures Custody of Neglected Animals Seized from Suffield Farm

  This morning in Hartford Superior Court, the State secured custody of nearly 200 severely neglected animals seized from a Suffield farm last month.

• 4/20/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Opposing Unconstitutional Arkansas Abortion Ban During COVID-19 Pandemic

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a multistate coalition of 19 attorneys general in seeking to stop the State of Arkansas from using the COVID-19 crisis as a ruse to ban almost all procedural abortions in the state. The coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, supporting the plaintiffs in Little Rock Family Planning Services v. In re Leslie Rutledge.

• 4/21/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces Price Gouging Investigation Into Five Amazon Retailers

  Attorney General William Tong announced today he has issued civil investigative demands to five online retailers following an internal review by Amazon that flagged large price increases in high-demand items including masks, sanitizer and antibacterial wipes. The civil investigative demands seek detailed information from the five Connecticut vendors on pricing for key retail items in high demand, including wholesale prices paid by the vendors.

• 6/15/2020 AG Tong Issues Statement Regarding U.S. Supreme Court Decision Affirming Civil Rights Protections for LGBTQ Workers

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which affirmed civil rights protections for LGBTQ workers.

• 10/27/2020 AG Tong Joins 15- State Coalition Defending North Carolina's Extended Ballot Deadline For Receiving Mail-In Ballots

  Attorneys General Argue in Supreme Court That Deadline Extension Protects Public Health and Vote-By-Mail Participation Amid Pandemic, USPS Delays