2022 Press Releases

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• 3/14/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlements with Four Hearing Aid Companies

  (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong announced today four separate settlements with hearing aid companies Lively Hearing Corporation, Widex USA, Inc., Hark Wellness, Inc., and Wonder Ear, Inc. who marketed their products as “FDA-approved” despite no such approval.

• 3/10/2022 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition in Defense of Federal GHG Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles

  Attorney General Tong this week, as part of a coalition of 23 attorneys general and six cities and counties, filed a motion to intervene in defense of federal greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) standards for light-duty vehicles.

• 3/9/2022 Attorney General Tong: Biden Administration Restores California’s Waiver for Clean Car Standards in Victory for All

  Attorney General William Tong today issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final action restoring California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act for its greenhouse gas (GHG) and zero-emission vehicle programs. Attorney General Tong was part of multistate litigation during the Trump Administration defending California’s longstanding authority to set its own vehicle emission standards.

• 3/9/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Bankruptcy Court Approval of Purdue Pharma Settlement

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain approved the $6 billion Purdue bankruptcy plan.

• 3/9/2022 Attorney General Tong Files $5 Million Stipulation Judgment Against Safe Home Security

  Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull announced today the filing of a $5 million stipulation judgment against Safe Home Security and its president David Roman after the Middletown-based company repeatedly failed over many years to comply with court-ordered consumer protection measures.

• 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.

• 3/7/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Gasoline Abnormal Market Disruption in Place Through April 2

  Attorney General William Tong announced an “abnormal market disruption” in gasoline prices will trigger additional consumer protections against price gouging through April 2, 2022.

• 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.