2020 Press Releases

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• 10/6/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Seeking Supreme Court Review of Trump-Pence Administration’s Title X Family Planning Gag Rule

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general today filing a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of the Trump-Pence Administration’s gag rule that has dismantled the nation’s Title X family planning program.

• 10/8/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Baseless Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Yale University

  Attorney General William Tong issued a following statement regarding the baseless lawsuit filed tonight by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to undermine Yale University’s admissions decisions.

• 10/8/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement with Community Health Systems Following Data Breach Investigation

  Attorney General William Tong today joined 27 other state attorneys general announcing a settlement with Tennessee-based CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., and its subsidiary, CHSPSC LLC. This settlement resolves an investigation of a data breach which impacted approximately 6.1 million patients.

• 10/8/2020 AG Tong Joins 17 State Coalition Opposing Mississippi Restrictive Vote by Mail Requirements

  Coalition Argues Limited Vote-By-Mail Eligibility and Notarization Requirement for Mail-In Ballots Could Expose Voters to COVID-19

• 3/31/2020 Attorney General Tong Releases Guidance on Cybersecurity During COVID-19 Pandemic

  Attorney General William Tong today released cyber safety tips to keep in mind during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 10/9/2020 Attorney General Tong Opposes Trump Administration Proposal To Exclude Critical Habitat From Endangered Species Act Protections

  Attorney General William Tong this week joined a multistate coalition filing a comment letter opposing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) proposal to establish a new, unlawful process for excluding areas from critical habitat designations under the federal Endangered Species Act.

• 10/19/2020 AG Tong Statement on Court Ruling Protecting SNAP Benefits

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement following a court victory protecting the SNAP benefits of 700,000 Americans.

• 11/23/2020 Attorney General Tong Urges Rejection of Frontier Buyout

  Attorney General William Tong today urged the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to deny a change of ownership sought by Frontier Communications.

• 5/13/2020 AG Tong Urges Amazon and Whole Foods to Strengthen Worker Protections During COVID-19 Pandemic

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general led by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey calling on Amazon and Whole Foods to strengthen measures to protect the health and safety of their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 11/24/2020 Attorney General Tong Files Motion for Summary Judgment in Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Assault on Clean Water Act Protections

  – Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition in filing a motion for summary judgment in their lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s unlawful final rule redefining “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.

• 4/13/2020 After Website Publishes 3D Printed Gun Blueprints, Attorney General Tong Calls on State Department to Use its Civil and Criminal Authority to Protect Public

  After Defense Distributed published 3D-printed gun blueprints in violation of federal law, Attorney General William Tong today joined attorneys general from across the nation urging the U.S. Department of State to use its civil and criminal enforcement powers to enforce the law and protect the public.

• 4/8/2020 Attorney General Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Seagull Announce Investigation Into Frontier Communications Following Over 1,000 Consumer Complaints

  Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull today announced an investigation into Frontier Communications following consumer complaints regarding excessive charges, poor service quality and unsatisfactory customer service that began after Frontier acquired Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET) in 2014.

• 12/9/2020 Attorney General Tong Files Multistate Lawsuit Seeking to End Facebook's Illegal Monopoly

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition filing a lawsuit against Facebook Inc., alleging that the company has and continues today to illegally stifle competition to protect its monopoly power.

• 5/7/2020 AG Tong Urges Congress to Strengthen Paycheck Protection Program

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 23 state attorneys general calling for key changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to ensure that funds are distributed fairly and equitably.

• 7/2/2020 Attorney General Tong Leads Coalition Urging FERC to Curb Needless Incentives For Transmission Developers

  Attorney General William Tong this week led a coalition of attorneys general, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Office of Consumer Counsel and the Maine Ratepayer Advocate urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject unnecessary and unjust incentive payments to transmission developers.