2020 Press Releases

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• 7/23/2020 AG Tong Announces Settlement with Recovery Network of Programs Over Drug Testing Overbilling

  Attorney General William Tong, U.S. Attorney John H. Durham, and Department of Social Services Commissioner Deidre S. Gifford today announced a $354,368 joint federal/state settlement with the Recovery Network of Programs (RNP) resolving overbilling for drug testing.

• 9/2/2020 Connecticut and DC Attorneys General Question Premom Fertility App Over Privacy Concerns

  Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine released a letter today to the CEO of Premom, questioning the fertility app over reports the company may have shared sensitive user data with third partner advertising and analytics firms without user consent.

• 12/10/2020 AG Tong Joins Coalition Opposing Texas AG Effort To Invalidate 2020 Election Results

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request that the Court overturn election results in four states critical to President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

• 1/22/2020 Connecticut to Join Lawsuit to Prevent Release of 3D-Printed Gun Files

  Attorney General William Tong today announced Connecticut will challenge the Trump Administration’s new effort to allow 3D-printed gun files to be released on the internet, joining a coalition of 20 states led by Washington State in an upcoming federal lawsuit. These files would allow plug-and-play access to 3D-print unregistered, untraceable firearms that can also be very difficult to detect, even with a metal detector. Untraceable firearms are sometimes called “ghost guns.”

• 6/1/2020 AG Tong Joins Coalition Protecting SNAP Food Assistance During Pandemic

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general and the City of New York urging Congress to block Trump Administration attempts to cut vital food assistance for millions of Americans in the midst of a pandemic.

• 8/17/2022 Attorney General Tong Files Briefs Defending Access to Emergency Abortion Care

  Attorney General William Tong this week joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing two amicus briefs in USA v. Idaho and Texas v. Becerra defending access to emergency abortion care.

• 9/17/2020 AG Tong Releases Statement After Court Blocks Politically Motivated Attack on Postal Service, Issues Nationwide Injunction Following Connecticut, Multistate Suit

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking a “politically-motivated attack” on the U.S. Postal Service ahead of the November election.

• 1/17/2020 Connecticut and New York Sue EPA over Continued Disregard of Smog Pollution

  Attorney General William Tong announced New York and Connecticut have filed a new suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for continuing to ignore its legal responsibility under the Clean Air Act to control upwind sources of pollution that create unhealthy ground-level ozone (commonly known as smog) in New York and Connecticut.

• 1/29/2020 Attorney General Tong Opens Unfair and Deceptive Practices Investigation into Former Landlord

  Attorney General William Tong today announced his office has opened an investigation into former Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments landlord Emmanuel Ku and whether his actions as owner constituted unfair or deceptive acts or practices in violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act. Owned by Mr. Ku until last year, the 150-unit complex became notoriously unsafe, unsanitary, and virtually uninhabitable for its hundreds of residents.

• 8/24/2020 AG Tong Calls On Eversource to Forgo 2021 Rate Hike

  In video testimony submitted to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority today, Attorney General William Tong called on Eversource to forgo its planned 2021 rate hike request and commit to real cost saving measures for consumers. The comments were submitted as part of PURA’s hearing and investigation into the “unjustifiable and unsustainable” delivery charge hike that contributed to major increases in electricity bills in the midst of a global pandemic and unusually hot summer. In addition to this summer’s delivery charge hike, Eversource plans to ask PURA for a rate hike in mid-2021.

• 12/18/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Census Ruling

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement today regarding the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to rule on the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s plan to unlawfully exclude noncitizens from the census count.

• 3/25/2020 AG Tong Urges Online Retailers to Rigorously Monitor Price Gouging

  Attorney General William Tong today issued letters to Amazon, Facebook, Ebay, Walmart, and Craigslist urging the online retailers to rigorously monitor price-gouging by sellers on their platforms.

• 2/6/2020 Attorney General Tong Moves for State Custody of Neglected Animals Seized from Suffield Farm

  Attorney General William Tong this morning filed a motion for permanent custody of nearly 200 severely neglected animals seized from a Suffield farm last month.

• 8/13/2020 AG Tong Joins Coalition of Attorneys General in Opposition to IRS Proposed Rule to Undermine the ACA

  Rule seeks to expand non-ACA compliant healthcare by allowing healthcare sharing ministries as coverage

• 10/26/2020 Attorney General Tong Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Block Robocall Loopholes

  Attorney General William Tong today filed an amicus brief in Facebook v. Noah Duguid, a U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine the scope of the protections of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).