2020 Press Releases

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• 7/27/2020 Attorney General Tong Response to Legislator Request

  Attorney General William Tong released a response to Senator Leonard A. Fasano’s request dated July 24, 2020.

• 3/2/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Consideration of ACA Case

  Attorney General William Tong today issued the following statement regarding the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act individual mandate.

• 5/14/2020 Attorney General Tong Urges Wedding Venues and Vendors to Work Collaboratively With Couples as COVID19 Impacts Peak Wedding Season

  As Connecticut enters its peak wedding season, Attorney General William Tong today urged vendors to work with couples forced to cancel and postpone their weddings due to COVID-19. The Office of the Attorney General has received multiple complaints from couples recently who have been denied refunds, quoted high fees, and given limited flexibility in attempting to reschedule weddings planned for this spring and summer.

• 10/12/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces $1.6 Billion Settlement with Opioid Manufacturer Mallinckrodt

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a global settlement framework agreement between state attorneys general, local subdivisions, and the opioid manufacturer Mallinckrodt (MNK), its subsidiaries, and certain other affiliates.

• 8/10/2020 Attorney General Tong Reminds Consumers and Retailers that Price Gouging is Illegal

  With thousands of Connecticut households still without power in the midst of a global pandemic, Attorney General William Tong reminded consumer and retailers that price gouging is illegal during both civil preparedness and public health emergencies.

• 1/14/2020 Attorney General Tong Leads Multistate Settlement with Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

  Attorney General William Tong announced today a multistate agreement with PayPal Charitable Giving Fund, Inc. that will ensure donors receive adequate information and disclosures when making charitable contributions through the company’s online fundraising platform. The settlement concludes a multistate investigation launched in 2017 and co-led by Connecticut and Nebraska.

• 4/3/2020 Attorney General Tong Urges the VA to Suspend Deadlines and Collection Activities for Veterans During COVID-19 Pandemic

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general led by California in submitting a letter urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to suspend benefits claims deadlines and debt collection activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 7/6/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Demanding Trump EPA Do Its Job to Control Methane Pollution

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of Chicago in a motion for summary judgment, arguing that the Trump Administration must stop ignoring its legal responsibility to control emissions of methane from existing oil and gas operations.

• 5/26/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins 38 AGs Urging Congress to Fund Expanded Access to Broadband

  Attorney General William Tong has joined 38 attorneys general in urging Congress to help ensure that all Americans have the home internet connectivity necessary to participate in telemedicine, teleschooling, and telework as part of any additional legislation that provides relief and recovery resources related to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 10/20/2020 AG Tong Joins 17 State Coalition Opposing Alabama's Attempt To Ban Curbside Voting

  Coalition Argues in Supreme Court That Curbside Voting is a Reasonable Option for Safe and Secure Voting Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

• 11/2/2020 AG Tong Leads Coalition Opposing Trump Order Appearing to Ban Implicit Bias Training

  Attorney General William Tong led a coalition of attorneys general urging President Donald Trump to rescind his Executive Order on “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” that could be misconstrued to prohibit implicit bias trainings for federal contractors and federal grantees.

• 5/19/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement with Santander

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 34 attorneys general led announcing a settlement today with Santander Consumer USA Inc. (Santander) that includes approximately $550 million in relief for consumers with even more relief in additional deficiency waivers expected. The settlement resolves allegations that Santander violated consumer protection laws by exposing subprime consumers to unnecessarily high levels of risk and knowingly placing these consumers into auto loans with a high probability of default.

• 6/26/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement on Appeals Court Decision Blocking Unlawful Trump Border Wall

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the 2-1 decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals finding that the Trump Administration unlawfully diverted $2.5 billion in military funding for construction of the border wall.

• 10/20/2020 Attorney General Tong Opposes “Zero Benefit” Trump Administration Plan to Lock In Dangerous Levels of Airplane Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general filing comments opposing an unlawful Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan that would lock in dangerously high levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from airplanes.

• 1/15/2020 Attorney General Tong Opposes Trump Administration Rule that Would End the Right of Student Workers to Bargain Collectively

  Attorney General William Tong this week joined a coalition of 12 other attorneys general from across the country calling on the Trump Administration to withdraw a proposed rule that would deny student teaching and research assistants at private colleges the right to organize and bargain collectively.