2021 Press Releases

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• 2/8/2021 AG Tong Urges FCC to Protect Consumer Access to Affordable Communications Services

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general, led by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect access to Lifeline for low-income consumers.

• 2/5/2021 Healthcare Company And Lab Pay $845k To Resolve Federal And State False Claims Act Allegation

  Attorney General William Tong and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Cordant Health Solutions entered into a civil settlement with the federal and state governments and have paid $845,108 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.

• 2/5/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks Penalties and Credits for Eversource's "Imprudent" Isaias Response

  Eversource’s failure to communicate and protect public safety in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias was “imprudent” and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority should mandate consumer credits and make all findings necessary to levy penalties in an upcoming proceeding, Attorney General William Tong argued today in a brief before PURA.

• 2/4/2021 Connecticut Helps Lead $573 Million Settlement with McKinsey & Company for its Role in "Turbocharging" the Opioid Epidemic with Purdue Pharma

  Attorney General William Tong today helped lead a coalition of attorneys general from 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories in a $573 million settlement with McKinsey & Company.

• 2/3/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Comcast to Scrap Data Cap, Urges Public to Report Usage Data

  Attorney General William Tong today strongly objected to Comcast’s ill-timed plan to implement a new data cap and urged the company to abandon the plan in the midst of the ongoing public health and economic crisis.

• 2/2/2021 Attorney General Tong Takes Action to Ensure Attorneys General Can Continue Fighting Robocalls

  Coalition files amicus brief seeking to uphold the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

• 2/1/2021 Connecticut Behavioral Health Clinician Group Pays $100K to Settle False Claims Allegations

  Attorney General William Tong and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Neil Quatrano, and his business, Behavioral Management, LLC, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and will pay more than $100,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.

• 1/29/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Bipartisan Coalition Fighting to Protect Nearly One Million Homeowners from Unlawful Fees

  Mortgage Servicing Class Action Settlement Violates Most States’ Laws and Provides Windfall for Mortgage Servicer

• 1/28/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks Update to Price Gouging and Data Breach Notification Statutes

  Attorney General William Tong testified today before the General Law Committee in support of two pieces of legislation sought by the Office of the Attorney General to strengthen the state’s price gouging and data breach notification statutes.

• 1/28/2021 Attorney General Tong Sends Letter to Alden Global Capital Requesting Information on Potential Purchase of Tribune Publishing

  Tong expresses concerns about Alden’s plans for America’s oldest continuously published newspaper

• 1/28/2021 Court Unseals States' Latest Generic Drug Complaint, Including Excerpts from "Diary of Collusion" Meticulously Documenting Widespread Price-Fixing

  Attorney General William Tong today released the third full unredacted complaint filed by a coalition of 51 states and territories resulting from its more than six year antitrust investigation into price-fixing in the generic pharmaceutical industry.

• 1/27/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks Legislation to Strengthen Price Gouging Enforcement

• 1/26/2021 AG Tong, Judicial Branch, DCP Warn Against Jury Duty Scam Calls

  Attorney General William Tong, Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle Seagull and the Connecticut Judicial Branch issued an alert urging consumers to be wary of scam callers posing as Connecticut judicial marshals demanding immediate payment of fines for missing jury duty to avoid arrest

• 1/22/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges FDA to Ban Menthol Cigarettes

  AGs Argue Menthol Cigarette Use Disproportionately Impacts Youth, Minority Populations

• 1/22/2021 AG Tong Joins Coalition of 18 Attorneys General Defending Key Provision of the Voting Rights Act Before Supreme Court

  Attorney General William Tong this week joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a robust test for applying Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA).