2025 Press Releases

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• 7/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces $720 Million in Settlements from Eight Opioid Drug Makers

  Attorney General William Tong today announced approximately $720 million in new multistate settlements with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis.

• 5/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Suspension of Health Insurance for Striking Pratt & Whitney Workers

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement condemning the suspension of health insurance for striking Pratt & Whitney machinists and their families.

• 3/12/2025 Attorney General Tong Backs Legislation to Increase Accountability for Gun Industry Bad Actors

  Attorney General William Tong today submitted testimony backing legislation proposed by his office to enable the state, municipalities and private citizens to sue bad actors in the gun industry who fail to take reasonable, commonsense measures to protect us from gun violence.

• 7/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Opposes Federal Rollback of Energy Efficiency Standards

  Attorney General William Tong this week joined a multistate coalition of attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposal to eliminate energy and water efficiency standards for 16 consumer and commercial appliances.

• 3/19/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement with Soundview Transportation Over Largest Oil Spill in Connecticut History

  Attorney General William Tong announced today a series of penalties and payments totaling $350,000 to be paid by Soundview Transportation following the November 2022 oil tanker accident in Norfolk, resulting in the largest gasoline spill in Connecticut history. In addition to the penalties, Soundview is fully responsible for the ongoing remediation and clean-up of the site, costing millions of dollars.

• 7/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Rule That Would Cause up to 1.8 Million People to Lose Health Insurance

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition filing a lawsuit challenging an unlawful final rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that would create significant barriers to obtaining healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

• 7/1/2025 Attorney General Tong Wins Court Order Blocking Trump Administration’s Dismantling of Health and Human Services

  Attorney General William Tong today secured a preliminary injunction halting Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), ensuring continued access to critical public health and social service programs.

• 7/1/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration for Illegally Sharing Personal Health Data with ICE

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to provide unfettered access to individual personal health data to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

• 7/8/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces $85,000 Settlement with TicketNetwork for Violations of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act​

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a settlement with TicketNetwork, Inc. as a result of an investigation into violations of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act. Under the settlement, TicketNetwork has agreed to comply with the requirements of the CTDPA, maintain metrics for consumer rights requests received under the CTDPA, provide a report of these metrics to the Attorney General, and pay $85,000.

• 7/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks $2.5 Million Prejudgment Remedy in Fraudulent Cannabis License-For-Sale Scheme

  Attorney General William Tong has sued MAKECTBETTER LLC, its principal Michael Tedesco of Fairfield, and affiliate Zafir Iqbal of Oakdale alleging a fraudulent cannabis license-for-sale scheme involving forged documents and tens of thousands of dollars in payments from upwards of 70 businesses.

• 3/20/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Trump Executive Order Dismantling Department of Education

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the executive order issued by President Donald Trump today ordering the dismantling of the Department of Education.

• 5/29/2025 Attorney General Tong Praises House Passage of Consumer Protection Legislation

  Attorney General William Tong today praised passage in the state House of Representatives of legislation which seeks to strengthen a number of important protections for consumers.

• 7/29/2025 Attorney General Tong Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Illegal Demands That States Hand Over Sensitive Personal Data of Snap Recipients

  Attorney General William Tong, as part of a coalition of 22 states, filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) demand that states turn over personal and sensitive information about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.

• 2/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Takes Action to Enforce Court Order Stopping Trump Administration’s Illegal Funding Freeze

  Attorney General William Tong this evening joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general in filing a second motion for enforcement in their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration’s illegal and destructive freeze of federal funding. Despite multiple court orders, the administration has continued to block hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to the states from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This funding freeze threatens critical emergency preparedness and recovery programs to address wildfires, floods, cybersecurity threats, and more.

• 3/24/2025 Office of the Attorney General Testimony Supporting Legislation to Protect Access to Emergency Medical Treatment

  The Office of the Attorney General's Special Co-Counsel for Reproductive Rights today submitted testimony in support of legislation to protect access to emergency medical treatment, as well protections for providers offering medically accurate and relevant health care information.