2021 Press Releases

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• 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

• 1/4/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition in Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Opposing Trump Administration “Death to Asylum” Rule

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general, led by California, in two amicus briefs in support of two separate challenges to a Trump Administration rule that guts major aspects of the existing asylum system and effectively eliminates the meaningful right to apply for protection in the United States.

• 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.

• 11/16/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Efforts to Stop Robocallers From Misusing Legitimate Phone Numbers

  Attorney General William Tong this week wrote the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in support of its efforts to reduce illegal robocallers’ access to legitimate phone numbers to make unending robocalls that scam people out of their hard-earned money.

• 12/7/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Fighting to Protect Free and Fair Elections for Voters

  Coalition Files Amicus Brief to Strike Down Florida’s New Restrictive Voting Law

• 12/7/2021 Attorney General Tong Argues Sackler Family "Milked" Purdue in Calculated Strategy to Use Company Bankruptcy as "Haven" for Wrongdoing

  Attorney General William Tong joined the attorneys general of four other states this week in a brief seeking the reversal of the Purdue bankruptcy order granting unprecedented lifetime legal immunity for the Sackler family.

• 6/7/2021 Attorney General Tong Warns Consumers That Amazon Sidewalk Will Automatically Connect Smart Home Devices to Shared Network on June 8

  Attorney General William Tong warned consumers that Amazon will automatically connect their smart home devices and products to a new shared network called Amazon Sidewalk on June 8—raising concerns about consumer privacy and protections.

• 6/24/2021 Attorney General Tong, Department of Public Health Announce Agreement to Protect Carlson Place Residents

  Attorney General William Tong and Acting Public Health Commissioner Deidre S. Gifford today announced an agreement to provide for the safe relocation of 26 residents of Carlson Place, and a second agreement which allows for a new owner to operate the residential care home in Norwalk after a complete renovation of the facility at no cost to the state.

• 12/10/2021 Attorney General Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Texas Abortion Case

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding the decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in United States of America v. State of Texas et. al and Whole Women’s Health v. Jackson.

• 2/18/2021 Attorney General Tong Welcomes Comcast Decision to Postpone Data Cap Rate Hike Until 2022

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement welcoming Comcast’s announcement today that they will postpone their ill-timed data cap until 2022. Attorney General Tong had strongly objected to implementing the rate hike in the midst of the ongoing public health and economic crisis.

• 12/16/2021 Attorney General Tong Statement on U.S. District Court Decision Vacating Purdue Bankruptcy

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court ruling this evening vacating the Purdue bankruptcy order that granted unprecedented lifetime legal immunity to the Sackler family.

• 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.

• 8/4/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Urging EPA to Move Swiftly to Reverse Rule Curtailing States’ Clean Water Act Authority

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a comment letter to swiftly repeal a Trump-era rule curtailing state authority under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.

• 5/6/2021 Attorney General Tong Responds to PURA Proposal to Levy $30 Million Penalty Against Eversource

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement today in support of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority’s proposal to levy a $30 million total civil penalty against Eversource for its failure to meet its obligations to ratepayers in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias.

• 8/5/2021 M&T Bank Commits to Connecticut Jobs in Response to Attorney General Tong Letter

  In a written response to Attorney General William Tong’s August 2 letter, M&T Bank made a commitment to Connecticut jobs and to Bridgeport as its New England regional headquarters.