2020 Press Releases

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• 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.

• 12/31/2020 AG Tong Statement On Major Victory to Protect Public Health

  State Supreme Court Affirms Governor’s Authority During Public Health And Civil Preparedness Emergencies

• 12/31/2020 Attorney General Tong Leads Coalition of Attorneys General in Important Win on Prescription Drugs

  Statement on HHS Advisory Opinion on 340B Drug Pricing Program

• 12/30/2020 An Open Letter from Attorney General William Tong on his Second Year In Office

  This year has been unlike any other. “Unprecedented” barely scrapes the surface of both the tragedy and heroism we have experienced.

• 12/28/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins 23-State Coalition Encouraging Diversity and Local Ownership in Broadcast Media

  State Attorneys General Argue Before Supreme Court that a Diverse and Local Media Benefits Communities, Democracy

• 12/23/2020 Attorney General Tong Files Amicus Brief in Support of Lawsuit Challenging Permit for Keystone XL Pipeline

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of environmental groups’ challenge to the Keystone XL Pipeline.

• 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.

• 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.

• 12/21/2020 AG Tong Joins Multistate Comments Against Trump Administration's Rush to Sell Oil and Gas Leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 13 states in filing comments with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opposing the Trump Administration’s reckless plan to sell oil and gas leases in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before President Trump leaves office, rushing the process with unprecedented haste before the scheduled public comment period has closed.

• 12/18/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces $2 Million Multistate Settlement with CafePress Over 2019 Data Breach

  Attorney General William Tong today announced that a coalition of seven states has reached a $2 million settlement with CafePress, Inc. stemming from a 2019 data breach of its user database that compromised the personal information of approximately 22 million consumers, including more than 236,000 Connecticut residents.

• 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.

• 12/17/2020 Attorney General Tong Sues to End Google's Illegal Monopoly in Search

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general in suing Google LLC for anticompetitive conduct in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act.

• 12/16/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Reminding White House to Maintain Presidential Records After Trump Administration’s Repeated Disregard for Law

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition of 15 attorneys general from around the nation in calling on the Trump Administration to comply with the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act.

• 12/14/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Bipartisan Coalition Supporting Federal Legislation to Protect Safety of Federal Judges and their Families

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan group of 51 Attorneys General in a letter urging Congress to pass legislation aimed at protecting the safety of federal judges and their families.

• 12/14/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement on Sandy Hook Anniversary