2024 Press Releases

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• 11/4/2024 Attorneys General Issue Bipartisan Statement Condemning Violence in Response to Election Results

  In a bipartisan effort to safeguard democratic principles and the rule of law, Attorney General William Tong, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach co-led a coalition of 47 other state attorneys general today calling for peace nationwide in response to the Nov. 5 presidential election.

• 11/21/2024 State Attorneys General, Justice Department Seek Limits to Google Business Practices to End Search Engine Monopoly

  State attorneys general along with the Justice Department today proposed a robust package of remedies to end Google’s unlawful monopoly over internet search engines and to restore competition to benefit consumers.

• 6/21/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision Upholding Federal Domestic Violence Gun Law

  Attorney General William Tong today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Rahimi upholding the federal law prohibiting individuals with domestic violence restraining orders from possessing guns.

• 5/7/2024 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition in Defense of Massachusetts' Gun Laws

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit defending Massachusetts’ commonsense gun safety laws.

• 1/19/2024 Attorney General Tong Seeks Injunction to Block HighBazaar Unlicensed Cannabis Markets

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that HighBazaar has cancelled its Sunday, January 21 event after the Office of the Attorney General sought a temporary injunction in Hartford Superior Court to block the unlicensed, illegal cannabis market.

• 10/21/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $500,000 Settlement with Guardian Analytics Following Data Breach

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a settlement with Guardian Analytics, Inc. (“Guardian”) and its successor Actimize, Inc. (“Actimize”), resolving an investigation into a data breach that impacted the personal information of 157,629 Connecticut residents who were customers of Webster Bank, N.A. Under the settlement, Guardian and Actimize, as its successor, have agreed to strengthen their data security practices and pay $500,000.

• 5/22/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Petition from 19 Republican Attorneys General Seeking to Block Connecticut ExxonMobil Suit 

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement denouncing a petition filed by 19 Republican state attorneys general with the U.S. Supreme Court attempting to block cases filed by Connecticut and four other states seeking to hold ExxonMobil accountable for decades of deception on climate change.

• 6/20/2024 Attorney General Tong Seeks Rate Decreases for Connecticut Natural Gas and Southern Connecticut Gas Customers Following Millions in Over-Collections

  In briefs filed today with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Attorney General William Tong sought rate decreases for both Connecticut Natural Gas (CNG) and Southern Connecticut Gas (SCG) customers following millions of dollars in over-earnings by CNG.

• 7/9/2024 Attorney General Tong Urges Credit Monitoring, Identity Theft Protection Following Change Healthcare Cyberattack

  Attorney General William Tong today is urging all Connecticut residents who may have been impacted by Change Healthcare’s February data breach to take advantage of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection measures.

• 3/11/2024 Attorney General Tong Calls on PURA to Reject $21.8 Million Rate Hike for Connecticut Water Company

  In a brief filed today with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Attorney General William Tong called regulators to reject a $21.8 million rate hike sought by the Connecticut Water Company.

• 2/27/2024 Attorney General Tong Seeks Banking Consumer Protection Reforms

  Attorney General William Tong submitted testimony and will testify today before the Banking Committee in support of expanded authority to investigate and bring civil enforcement actions regarding bank consumer financial protection failures.

• 11/12/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Yankee Gas $209 Million Rate Hike Request

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the request filed today with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority by Yankee Gas seeking a $209 million rate hike.

• 10/11/2024 Attorney General Tong Urges Federal Judge to Strike Unnecessary Restrictions on Mifepristone

  In a motion filed late Thursday, Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 17 other attorneys general urge a federal judge in Washington state to end unnecessary and severe restrictions imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the abortion medication mifepristone.

• 3/13/2024 Attorney General Tong Submits Testimony Supporting Update to State "Revenge Porn" Law

  Attorney General William Tong today submitted testimony supporting House Bill No. 5421, An Act Concerning Unlawful Dissemination of Intimate Images that are Digitally Altered or Created Through the Use of Artificial Intelligence.

• 6/28/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on Death of Department of Transportation Employee Andrew DiDomenico

  Attorney General William Tong released a statement regarding the death of Connecticut Department of Transportation employee Andrew DiDomenico.