2022 Press Releases

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• 7/20/2022 Jaguar Land Rover to Pay $26,500 for Lemon Law Violation

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that Jaguar Land Rover of North America will pay $26,500 for the company’s failure to comply with Connecticut’s Lemon Law.

• 4/7/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Treasurer Wooden

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the decision of State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden not to seek re-election.

• 3/30/2022 Attorney General Tong Urges TikTok and Snapchat to Give Parents More Control

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general urging TikTok and Snapchat to give parents the ability to monitor their children’s social media usage and protect their children from online threats using parental control apps.

• 11/1/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces $532,830 False Claims Settlement With New Haven-Based Psychiatric Care Consultants

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $532,830.33 Connecticut False Claims Act settlement with Psychiatric Care Consultants LLC and its owner, Dr. Kishorchandra Gonsai, resolving allegations that the New Haven-based psychiatrist overbilled the state’s Medicaid program for psychotherapy.

• 11/1/2022 Attorney General Tong Files Enforcement Actions Against Two Alleged Illegal Robocallers

  Attorney General William Tong today announced the national Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force is asking a court to require two voice service providers to cooperate in multistate investigations over alleged involvement in illegal robocalls.

• 6/30/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on the Appointment of Mark Kohler as Secretary of the State

  Attorney General William Tong today praised the appointment of Mark Kohler to serve as Secretary of the State.

• 11/7/2022 Connecticut Joins Combined $16 Million Multistate Settlements Over 2012 and 2015 Experian Data Breaches

  Attorney General Tong announced today that Connecticut, along with a coalition of other attorneys general, has obtained two multistate settlements with Experian concerning data breaches it experienced in 2012 and 2015 that compromised the personal information of millions of consumers nationwide.

• 5/24/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces $19.2 Million Multistate Settlement with Ford Motor Company

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $19.2 million multistate settlement with Ford Motor Company regarding claims that Ford falsely advertised the real-world fuel economy of model year 2013–2014 C-Max hybrids and the payload capacity of model year 2011–2014 Super Duty pickup trucks.

• 5/19/2022 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition in Defense of California’s Waiver for Clean Car Standards

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition in filing a motion to intervene in defense of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to restore California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act for its greenhouse gas (GHG) and zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) standards.

• 4/18/2022 Attorney General Tong Moves for State Custody of Animals Seized from Hebron Animal Rescue

  Attorney General William Tong is seeking state custody of 70 animals seized from an overcrowded and unsanitary Hebron animal rescue.

• 4/19/2022 Attorney General Tong Warns Connecticut Residents to be Wary of Scam Fire Department Text Messages

  Attorney General Tong today warned Connecticut residents to be wary of text message scams pretending to sell merchandise benefiting local fire departments.

• 4/12/2022 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Fighting to Protect Family Planning Funding

  Attorney General William Tong has taken legal action to protect access to reproductive health care and restore federal funding for family planning services.

• 7/6/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Office of Health Strategy Decision Denying Planned Closure of Windham Hospital Obstetric Unit

  Attorney General William Tong today praised a proposed final decision by the Office of Health Strategy denying an application from Hartford Healthcare seeking to terminate obstetrics services at Windham Hospital.

• 6/30/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Decision in West Virginia v. EPA

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency undermining the EPA’s authority to establish meaningful emission limits on carbon pollution from power plants and other industrial sources.

• 9/21/2022 Attorney General Tong Helps Secure New Federal Energy Standards for American Families

  Attorney General William Tong today announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) committing DOE to a new timetable for updating energy efficiency standards for 20 categories of common consumer products and commercial equipment. The impacted products and equipment range from residential furnaces to laundry machines to electric motors.