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11/9/2021
Attorney General Tong Urges Caution Following Robinhood Data Breach
Attorney General William Tong urged Robinhood users to exercise additional caution following a data breach that exposed millions of customer names and email addresses.
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11/9/2021
Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition In Opposing Restrictive Abortion Laws
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in filing an amicus brief supporting a constitutional challenge to several Indiana laws that impose burdensome restrictions on abortion providers.
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10/27/2021
Attorney General Tong Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Florida's Firearm Age Regulation
Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in defending a Florida law prohibiting the sale of firearms to people under the age of 21. In an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the coalition argues that states have the right to enact reasonable, age-based firearm regulations that protect public safety and reduce the prevalence of gun violence.
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10/27/2021
AG Tong Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Halt Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Ban
Following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that it will hear two challenges to Texas’ unconstitutional six-week abortion ban, Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8), Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general asking the Court to block the ban from going into effect and allow challenges to the ban to proceed.
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10/26/2021
Attorney General Tong Warns Against Unregulated and Illegal Cannabis Products Sold in Look-Alike Packaging
Attorney General William Tong is warning the public about the dangers of cannabis edibles and hemp derivatives in packaging designed to look like well-known snack foods and candy.
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10/21/2021
Attorney General Tong Urges FDA to Protect Children from Toxic Metals in Baby Food
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect the health and well-being of babies across the United States by accelerating actions to remove toxic heavy metals found in infant and toddler foods. The petition responds to rising alarm about the health hazards posed by dangerous heavy metals in these foods, and the failure of baby food brands and their suppliers to aggressively reduce these hazards.
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10/21/2021
Attorney General Tong Moves for State Custody of Pit Bulls Seized in Orange Dog Fighting Raid
Attorney General William Tong is seeking state custody of seven pit bulls seized in a raid of an Orange property suspected of operating as part of a multistate illegal dog fighting ring. Today’s action is the latest development in an ongoing police investigation.
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10/19/2021
Attorney General Tong, DCP Commissioner Seagull Urge Charities and Donors to be on Alert for Bad Actors During This Year’s International Charity Fraud Awareness Week
Attorney General William Tong and Department of Consumer Protection Commission Michelle Seagull are urging Connecticut charities and donors to be on alert for bad actors during this year’s International Charity Fraud Awareness Week, a global campaign to prevent and fight fraud in the charity sector.
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10/18/2021
Attorney General Tong Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Halt Unconstitutional Texas Abortion Ban
Today, Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in urging the United States Supreme Court to stop Texas’ unconstitutional six-week abortion ban, Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8), by vacating the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ stay of a District Court order blocking the ban from going into effect.
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10/14/2021
Attorney General Tong Seeks Answers on Facebook XCheck Protections for "Disinformation Dozen"
Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 14 attorneys general pushing Facebook to disclose whether members of the so-called “Disinformation Dozen” were granted “XCheck” protections to evade enforcement and spread COVID-19 falsehoods and anti-vaccine misinformation in violation of Facebook rules.
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10/8/2021
Attorney General Tong Praises Changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement praising the announcement this week that the U.S. Department of Education is easing restrictions on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to provide immediate relief to thousands of public servants.
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10/5/2021
Bipartisan Coalition of Attorneys General Express Support for Congressional Hearings Addressing Youth Social Media Use
Send Joint Letter to U.S. Senate Committee Sharing Concerns about Social Media Platforms Exploiting Young People for Profit
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10/5/2021
Attorney General Tong Urges FDA to Expedite Philips CPAP Replacement
Attorney General William Tong today urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to step up their oversight of the Philips Respironics recall to ensure that millions of impacted patients can resume safe use of their CPAP, biPAP and ventilator devices as soon as possible.
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10/4/2021
Attorney General Tong Seeks TikTok Leadership Meeting to Discuss Harm to Mental and Physical Safety of Connecticut Students and Educators
Attorney General William Tong today requested that leadership of TikTok come to Connecticut to meet with educators and parents to hear about and discuss the harmful impact the viral app is having on mental and physical safety of young people and educators.