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• 3/7/2022 Wise Giving Tips on Donations to Assist Ukraine Relief Efforts

  With families across Connecticut seeking ways to support Ukraine relief efforts, Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull issued guidance today on how to spot scams and ensure your support is going to legitimate efforts.

• 3/7/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces $4.8 Million Settlement With Redwood Toxicology Laboratory

  Attorney General William Tong, U.S. Attorney Leonard C. Boyle, and Special Agent in Charge Phillip Coyne of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General announced today that Redwood Toxicology Laboratory, Inc. has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which it will pay nearly $4.8 million to resolve allegations it overcharged the Connecticut Medicaid program for certain laboratory services.

• 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.

• 3/2/2022 Attorney General Tong Joins Fellow AGs in Alerting Consumers Impacted by the Massive 2021 T-Mobile Data Breach to Take Steps to Protect Their Personal Information

  Attorney General Tong urges all Connecticut residents who believe they were impacted by the data breach announced by T-Mobile in August 2021 to take appropriate steps to protect their information from identity theft.

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 2/23/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces $310,874 Settlement with Psychiatrist to Resolve False Claims Allegations

  Attorney General William Tong and acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut Leonard C. Boyle today announced a $310,874 settlement with a Hamden psychiatrist to resolve state and federal False Claims Act allegations.

• 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.

• 2/22/2022 Attorney General Tong Warns Consumers About Dating App Scams that Have Cost Americans Over a Billion Dollars in the Last Five Years

  Attorney General William Tong is warning consumers about common scams on dating apps that have swindled Americans out of $1.3 billion in the last five years

• 2/15/2022 Attorney General Tong Supports Adoption by the National Labor Relations Board of Stronger Standards for Protecting Workers from Misclassification

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in encouraging the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to strengthen the standard for protecting workers from misclassification by their employers as independent contractors — a designation that can deprive workers of wages earned, core workplace benefits, and the ability to organize.

• 2/3/2022 Attorney General Tong: Gun Manufactures and Dealers Are Not Exempt from State Consumer Protection Laws

  Joins Multistate Brief in Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson Brands Arguing that Federal Law Does not Shield Gun Manufacturers and Dealers from Consumer Laws Governing the Marketing and Sale of Firearms

• 1/27/2022 Attorney General Tong Shares Important Progress on $26 Billion Opioid Agreement

  Attorney General William Tong today marked a key milestone in bringing billions of dollars in much-needed resources to communities across the country via the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – and Johnson & Johnson over the companies’ role in creating and fueling the nationwide opioid crisis.