2024 Press Releases

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• 10/25/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $39 Million Connecticut False Claims Act Judgment Against Assured Rx Pharmacy for Kickback Scheme Involving Retired State Employees

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a Hartford Superior Court judge has found Florida-based pharmacy, Assured Rx, LLC liable for $39 million in treble damages and civil penalties under the Connecticut False Claims Act (CFCA) in a kickback scheme involving illegal payments to retired state employees for costly compound drug prescriptions.

• 8/5/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on Decision in Google Antitrust Case

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement following today’s decision in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruling that Google illegally maintained an online monopoly in the online search market.

• 9/6/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Insurance Rate Increases

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding rate increases approved today by the Connecticut Insurance Department for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, ConnectiCare and United/Oxford plans available on the individual and small group market, both on and off the state-sponsored exchange.

• 10/9/2024 Attorney General Tong Co-Leads $52 Million Multistate Settlement with Marriott for Data Breach of Starwood Guest Reservation Database

  Attorney General Tong announced today that a coalition of 50 attorneys general, co-led by Connecticut, has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases.

• 3/27/2024 Attorney General Tong to Glock: Preserve All Evidence Related to Pistol to Machine Gun Conversion

  Attorney General William Tong this week joined 12 other attorneys general in a letter to Glock, Inc. requesting the company preserve all evidence related to its line of Glock pistols, which can be easily converted into illegal machine guns with just one small, easy-to-make modification.

• 10/29/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement with Hilario's Towing Over Illegal Junk Fees

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $65,000 settlement with Hilario Truck Center and Hilario’s Service Center, resolving an investigation into thousands of dollars of illegally collected junk fees.

• 8/2/2024 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Supporting Minnesota Law That Prohibits Concealed Carry by Individuals Under 21

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit to uphold a Minnesota law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from carrying concealed handguns in public.

• 10/3/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Yankee Gas $209 Million Rate Hike Request

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding the announcement by Yankee Gas that it will soon file a request with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for a $209 million rate hike.

• 8/26/2024 Attorney General Tong Reaches Agreement with Northwell Health and Nuvance Health to Preserve Labor & Delivery Services at Sharon Hospital and Strengthen Access to Local Healthcare in Western Connecticut

  Attorney General William Tong today announced an agreement with Northwell Health, Inc. and Northwell Healthcare, Inc. (collectively “Northwell”) and Nuvance Health (Nuvance) to preserve labor and delivery services at Sharon Hospital and to strengthen access to local healthcare in Western Connecticut, resolving the antitrust investigation into the proposed affiliation between the two hospital systems.

• 4/25/2024 Attorney General Tong Urges UnitedHealth Group to Help Patients and Providers Harmed by Cyberattack on Change Healthcare

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that he has joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. urging the corporation to take more meaningful action to better protect providers, pharmacies, and patients harmed by the recent catastrophic outage of Change Healthcare.

• 11/19/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $2 Million Settlement with Pike Fuels Over New Haven Environmental Violations

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $2 million settlement with Pike Fuels (formerly Gulf Oil) following numerous violations of Connecticut environmental protection laws at its New Haven petroleum distribution facility.

• 9/18/2024 Attorney General Tong Supports Bridgeport/Stratford Efforts to Provide Relief for Success Village Residents

• 7/2/2024 Attorney General Tong Opens Investigation Into Capulet Entertainment

  Attorney General William Tong today opened an investigation into Capulet Entertainment following dozens of consumer complaints regarding the abrupt collapse of the three-day Capulet Fest 2024 music festival.

• 8/30/2024 Attorney General Tong Files Amicus Brief in Support of Florida Law that Prohibits Individuals Under 21 from Purchasing Firearms

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit urging that court to affirm the lower court’s decision to uphold Florida’s law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from purchasing firearms.

• 1/30/2024 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Supporting Fair Wages for Federal Contract Workers

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government’s actions to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain federal contractors.