2022 Press Releases

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• 6/16/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on the Passing of Sherry Lynn Brown-Marfuggi

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on the passing of Sherry Lynn Brown-Marfuggi.

• 2/25/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Drug Distributors and Johnson & Johnson Finalize $26 Billion Opioid Agreement

  Attorney General William Tong announced today the final approval of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – and Johnson & Johnson.

• 8/17/2022 State Attorneys General Reach $450 Million Nationwide Settlement as Part of Opioid Maker Endo's Bankruptcy

  Attorney General William Tong has reached an agreement in principle with opioid maker Endo International plc and its lenders that would provide up to $450 million to participating states and local governments, ban promotion of Endo’s opioids, and require Endo to turn over millions of documents related to its role in the opioid crisis for publication in a public online archive.

• 6/21/2022 Attorney General Tong, DCP Commissioner Seagull Urge Caution in Reviewing Residential Solar Contracts

  Attorney General William Tong and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle Seagull today advised homeowners interested in residential solar panels to do careful research and be wary of misleading marketing and high-pressure sales tactics by solar companies.

• 9/9/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Challenge to Connecticut Assault Weapons Ban

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement in response to a federal lawsuit filed by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League seeking to repeal Connecticut’s assault weapons ban.

• 9/19/2022 Attorney General Tong Urges FTC to Strengthen Car Rules to Prevent Consumer Harm, Misrepresentations

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general calling on the Federal Trade Commission to adopt and strengthen guidance on automobile sales.

• 2/28/2022 Attorney General Tong urges Federal Trade Commission to Create Robust Rule Outlawing Impersonation Scams

  Lack of national rule results in millions of consumers targeted each year

• 3/3/2022 Attorney General Tong Compels Purdue Pharma and Sackler Family to Pay $6 Billion to Victims, Survivors and States

  Attorney General William Tong announced today Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family will pay $6 billion to victims, survivors, and states for their role in the opioid epidemic—40 percent more than the previously vacated settlement appealed by Connecticut.

• 2/24/2022 Attorney General Tong Congratulates Erik T. Lohr on Connecticut Superior Court Nomination

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement on the nomination of Associate Attorney General Erik T. Lohr to the Connecticut Superior Court bench.

• 2/22/2022 Connecticut Leads Multistate Comments to FERC Urging Ratepayer Protections, Clean Energy Goals in Reactive Power Market Design

  Attorney General William Tong, Commissioner Katherine S. Dykes, and Acting Consumer Counsel Claire E. Coleman today led a coalition of attorneys general and public advocates from nine states and Washington, D.C. in submitting comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urging adoption of environmental justice and ratepayer protections and clean energy policies in reactive power market design.

• 3/7/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Gasoline Abnormal Market Disruption in Place Through April 2

  Attorney General William Tong announced an “abnormal market disruption” in gasoline prices will trigger additional consumer protections against price gouging through April 2, 2022.

• 2/25/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today praising President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• 9/2/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Deer Lake

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding news that the Connecticut Yankee Boy Scouts Council has come to an agreement with Pathfinders, Inc. to sell Deer Lake.

• 3/9/2022 Attorney General Tong Files $5 Million Stipulation Judgment Against Safe Home Security

  Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull announced today the filing of a $5 million stipulation judgment against Safe Home Security and its president David Roman after the Middletown-based company repeatedly failed over many years to comply with court-ordered consumer protection measures.

• 3/2/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Investigation Into TikTok

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a nationwide investigation into TikTok for providing and promoting its social media platform to children and young adults while use is associated with physical and mental health harms. Attorneys general nationwide are examining whether the company violated state consumer protection laws that put the public at risk.