Press Releases

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection has provided notice to the Attorney General of an abnormal market disruption regarding the wholesale price of motor gasoline or gasohol. Pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-234, no seller of motor gasoline or gasohol shall sell, or offer to sell, an energy resource at an unconscionably excessive price between October 14, 2026, and November 14, 2026.

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10/16/2026 Attorney General Tong Announces $625,000 Settlement with Frontier Over Data Breach
Attorney General William Tong today announced a $625,000 settlement with Frontier Communications Parent Inc., resolving an investigation into an April 2024 data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers of 58,841 Connecticut residents.
10/16/2026 Attorney General Tong Announces False Claims Act Settlement with Fairfield County Doctor and His Practices
Attorney General William Tong today announced today that Connecticut and the federal government have entered into a civil agreement with Dr. Steven Murphy, and his businesses, Murphy Medical Associates, LLC and Diagnostic and Medial Specialist of Greenwich, LLC, located in Stamford.
10/16/2026 Attorney General Tong and Attorney General James Secure Settlement with Pediatric Health Network and IT Company for Failing to Protect Customer Data
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured $2.7 million from Boston Children’s Health Physicians (BCHP), a New York-based pediatric health network, and XTIUM, an IT management company that provided network security services to BCHP, for failing to protect the private information of hundreds of thousands of Connecticut and New York residents.
10/16/2026 Attorney General Tong Blasts NextEra Energy for $4 Million White House Ballroom Donation
Attorney General William Tong today blasted NextEra Energy following reports that the company gave $4 million last year to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom reconstruction fund before seeking federal approval for its merger with Dominion Energy.
10/15/2026 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Eversource Appeal of PURA Storm Cost Decision that Rejected Over $300 Million in Unjustified Carrying Costs
Attorney General William Tong today said he will aggressively defend a decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to reject over $300 million in accumulated interest against an Eversource appeal filed today.
10/14/2026 Attorney General Tong and Connecticut Foodshare Announce Start of Distribution of 1.5 Million Free Eggs After Attorneys General Stop Illegal Cartel
Attorney General William Tong and Connecticut Foodshare President and CEO Jason Jakubowski today announced the start of distribution of 1.5 million free eggs following a legal settlement that ended a long-running illegal scheme to manipulate egg prices.
10/14/2026 Attorney General Tong Discloses Investigation Into Character.AI, Seeks Consumer Protections in Bankruptcy Filing
Attorney General William Tong today announced that Connecticut is joining a coalition of state attorneys general in filing a notice in the bankruptcy proceedings of Character Technologies, Inc., the company behind the popular chatbot company Character.AI.
10/13/2026 Attorney General Tong, Consumer Counsel Coleman Petition PURA for Probe of Artificial Intelligence Use by Public Utilities
Citing cybersecurity and data privacy risks, algorithmic errors, and generation of false and misleading information widespread across artificial intelligence platforms, Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Counsel Claire Coleman today petitioned the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to open a comprehensive review of artificial intelligence utilization by public utilities in Connecticut.
10/9/2026 Takeda Agrees to Pay $13.6M to Resolve False Claims Allegations Relating to Improper Payments to Physicians
Attorney General William Tong today announced that Connecticut joined a coalition of states and the federal government to settle allegations against Takeda Pharmaceuticals, U.S.A., Inc.
10/9/2026 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement with Large Wholesale Company for Distributing Illegal, High Potency Cannabis Products
Attorney General William Tong today announced a settlement with RZ Smoke, Inc., over allegations that the company illegally distributed and sold high potency cannabis products to smokes shops, gas stations, and convenience stores across Connecticut without a license from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP).
10/8/2026 Attorney General Tong Seeks Court Approval for Settlements with Ascend, Citron and Mayne Over Conspiracy to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition
Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 45 states and territories seeking court approval of three settlements with Ascend Laboratories, Citron Pharma and Mayne Pharma to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturers engaged in a widespread, long-running conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition, and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to numerous generic prescription drugs.
10/6/2026 Court Sides with Attorney General Tong in RealPage Case; Antitrust Lawsuit Over Rent Pricing to Continue 
Attorney General William Tong’s bipartisan antitrust lawsuit over RealPage’s rent-pricing algorithm will continue after a court ruled in favor of Connecticut and denied the software company’s attempts to have the case thrown out.
10/5/2026 Attorney General Tong Announces Home Depot Assistance for Wren Kitchen Customers
Attorney General William Tong today announced that, at the urging of the Office of the Attorney General, Home Depot has stepped up to offer assistance to Wren Kitchen customers after the company abruptly filed for bankruptcy on April 24.
10/2/2026 Attorney General Tong Challenges Trump Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 26 states, counties, and cities in filing a lawsuit against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) challenging its final rule weakening corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for new passenger cars and light trucks.
10/1/2026 Attorney General Tong Challenges EPA Rollback of Power Plant Pollution Limits
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 25 states, counties, and cities in suing the Trump administration for dismantling federal greenhouse gas pollution limits for many of the nation’s largest power plants.