2021 Press Releases

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• 6/22/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Fighting to Preserve Billions of Dollars for Schools and Essential Services

  Attorney General Tong joined a coalition of 26 attorneys general fighting to preserve billions of dollars for schools and other essential services across the country.

• 12/29/2021 The Year in Review: A Message from Attorney General Tong

• 3/22/2021 AG Tong Calls on U.S. Attorney General To Close Ghost Gun Loophole

  Federal Law Allows Prohibited Purchasers of Firearms to Buy Ghost Guns

• 3/24/2021 Attorney General Tong Announces $188.6 Million Multistate Settlement with Medical Device Manufacturer Boston Scientific Corporation

  Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull today announced a multistate settlement with Boston Scientific Corporation (Boston) to resolve allegations of deceptive marketing of its surgical mesh products for women. The settlement requires Boston to pay $188.6 million to 47 states and the District of Columbia to resolve allegations that it deceptively marketed transvaginal surgical mesh devices to patients. Connecticut’s share of the settlement is $1,811,069.

• 7/1/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks Answers on Optimum's Ill-Timed, Anti-Consumer Plan to Cut Internet Speeds

  Attorney General William Tong today called on Optimum by Altice to drop its ill-timed, anti-consumer plan to dramatically decrease internet upload speeds from 35 megabits per second to as little as 5.

• 6/16/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Fighting to Defend Women’s Health and Reproductive Freedom

  Coalition Submits Congressional Testimony in Support of Women’s Health Protection Act

• 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.

• 2/25/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Fight Against Company Distributing 3D-Printed Gun Files Seeking to Stop State Law Enforcement Actions

  Coalition of 21 AGs File SCOTUS Amicus Brief

• 6/28/2021 Attorney General Tong Secures $14 Million Healthcare Fraud Judgment

  Attorney General William Tong secured a $14,982,081 court judgment against Ramil Mansourov over allegations that the former Norwalk primary care physician illegally billed the Connecticut Medical Assistance Program for millions of dollars in services he never provided.

• 6/30/2021 AG Tong Statement on Supreme Court Ruling to Leave CDC Eviction Moratorium in Place

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to leave the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium in place until the end of July.

• 2/24/2021 Attorney General Tong Files Motion in Support of Extending Moratorium on Utility Shut Offs

  Attorney General William Tong today filed a letter in support of extending the moratorium on utility shut offs.

• 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.

• 8/13/2021 Attorney General Tong Announces $678,901 Overbilling Settlement With L.A. Vision

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $678,901 joint state and federal settlement with L.A. Vision and optician Lisa Azinheira resolving allegations that the Hartford-based vision care service provider overbilled the state Medicaid program for vision care services and eyeglasses.

• 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.

• 8/17/2021 Attorney General Tong Defends Right of Transgender Americans to Have IDs That Match Their Gender Identity

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general, led by California, in an amicus brief in Corbitt v. Taylor in defense of the right of transgender Alabamians to obtain driver’s licenses that correspond with their gender identity.