2020 Press Releases

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• 1/14/2020 Attorney General Tong, Commissioner Seagull Remind Consumers of January 22 Deadline to File Initial Claim in Equifax Data Breach Settlement

  Attorney General William Tong and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull are reminding the over 1.5 million Connecticut residents affected by the 2017 Equifax data breach that the deadline to file an initial claim is Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

• 8/18/2020 Attorney General Tong, State Attorneys General to Sue Trump Administration Over Attempts to Undermine Postal Service

  Attorney General William Tong announced that Connecticut is joining a multistate coalition that will file a federal lawsuit today challenging drastic operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service that threaten critical mail delivery ahead of the November election.

• 5/1/2020 Attorney General Tong Files Suit to Protect Clean Water

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to gut longstanding Clean Water Act protections by unlawfully narrowing the definition of “Waters of the United States. The EPA final rule removes protections for all ephemeral streams, many wetlands, and other waters that were previously covered under the Act. In the lawsuit, the coalition argues that EPA’s rule directly conflicts with the text of the Clean Water Act, Supreme Court precedent, and the EPA’s own scientific findings.

• 2/21/2020 Scam Alert: Officials Warn Families About New Developments in Utility Shut-off Scams

  Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull, Attorney General William Tong, Public Utilities Regulatory Chairman Marissa Gillett, AARP Connecticut State Director Nora Duncan, Connecticut Water Company President Maureen Westbrook and Regional Water Authority’s Manager of Corporate Communications Dan Doyle today urged Connecticut families to recognize the signs that they’re being targeted by scam artists threatening to turn off their utilities.

• 1/10/2020 Attorney General Tong, Governor Lamont Announce Breakthrough Sheff v. O'Neill Settlement

  Attorney General William Tong and Governor Ned Lamont today announced a breakthrough settlement in the Sheff v. O'Neill case, placing the state on a pathway to end 30 years of litigation over how best to reduce racial isolation of Hartford students. The landmark settlement will bring more opportunities to Connecticut students to attend diverse schools, and greatly expands opportunities for Hartford students.

• 9/16/2020 Former ITT students to get 330 million in debt relief in settlement

  CFPB, 48 attorneys general secure agreement over PEAKS loans at defunct for-profit school

• 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.

• 7/24/2020 AG Tong Sues to Protect Full and Fair Census Count

  Attorney General William Tong today sued President Donald Trump seeking to block his unconstitutional executive order excluding undocumented immigrants from the census. The order would illegally erase millions of people from the apportionment base used to determine the number of members each state receives in the U.S. House of Representatives.

• 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.

• 7/14/2020 AG Tong Statement on Trump Admin Decision to Rescind Visa Rule for International Students

  Attorney General William Tong released a statement today following the decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to rescind its cruel and unlawful visa rule for international students

• 7/17/2020 AG Tong Announces Restitution for 559 Consumers Targeted by Illegal Spark Energy Robocalls

  Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull announced that they have agreed to a settlement that would provide for full restitution for at least 559 residential electric consumers who enrolled in overpriced contracts with Spark Energy as a result of an illegal robocall campaign.

• 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

• 12/22/2020 AG Tong Argues ATF Has Failed to Regulate Ghost Guns

  Attorney General William Tong announced Connecticut has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general urging the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to compel the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to properly regulate untraceable partially-assembled “ghost guns.

• 12/23/2020 Attorney General Tong Resolves Data Breach Investigation of Sabre Hospitality Solutions

  Attorney General Tong, along with the attorneys general of 27 states, has entered into a settlement with Sabre Corp. that resolves an investigation into the 2017 data breach of Sabre Hospitality Solutions’ hotel booking system.

• 10/26/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Bipartisan Coalition of Attorneys Generals Pledging to Work to Ensure Free, Fair, and Secure Election

  Attorney General William Tong, along with a bipartisan coalition of 36 Attorneys General from the National Association of Attorneys General, released a statement ahead of next week’s election urging all Americans to vote confidently and make their voices heard.