2023 Press Releases

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• 9/29/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Gas Rate Hike Request by Southern CT Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding rate hikes sought by Southern Connecticut Natural Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, both owned by United Illuminating.

• 9/27/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Second Circuit Win Affirming Connecticut Case Against ExxonMobil Belongs in State Court

  Attorney General William Tong released a statement following a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirming that Connecticut’s case against ExxonMobil belongs in Connecticut state court.

• 9/26/2023 Connecticut Joins FTC, States Suing Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power

  Attorney General William Tong today joined the Federal Trade Commission and 16 other state attorneys general today suing Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online retail and technology company is a monopolist that uses a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its monopoly power. The FTC and its state partners say Amazon’s actions allow it to stop rivals and sellers from lowering prices, degrade quality for shoppers, overcharge sellers, stifle innovation, and prevent rivals from fairly competing against Amazon.

• 9/21/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Comments Supporting DOJ and FTC’s Revised Merger Guidelines

  Attorney General William Tong has joined two separate multistate coalitions in submitting comments to the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) concerning their proposed revisions to the Merger Guidelines.

• 9/19/2023 TikTok Refusing to Cooperate with Investigation: Attorney General Tong Supports Motion to Compel TikTok to Comply with Agreed Order

  Attorney General William Tong today supported a motion filed by the Tennessee Attorney General in Tennessee state court to compel TikTok to comply with the terms of an April 17, 2023 Agreed Order requiring TikTok to produce witnesses and documents in response to an investigative Request for Information. This effort is part of a broad bi-partisan multistate investigation into TikTok’s possible violation of consumer protection laws of Connecticut and other states.

• 9/18/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition in Fight Against Idaho's Radical Abortion Ban

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general backing the Biden administration’s challenge to Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion. In an amicus brief filed in United States of America v. Idaho, the multistate coalition supported the U.S. government’s argument that the ban conflicts with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law that requires doctors and hospitals to provide necessary abortion care to pregnant people in case of medical emergencies.

• 9/11/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces $35 Million Settlement with Leasing Company Tempoe, LLC

  Attorney General William Tong announced today a settlement with Tempoe, LLC, resolving a multistate investigation into Tempoe’s advertising and leasing to consumers through retailers across the nation.

• 9/8/2023 Attorney General Tong Concludes Civil Rights Investigation of Greenwich Public Schools

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that his office has concluded its investigation into the possibility of discriminatory employment practices by former Greenwich Public Schools educator Jeremy Boland.

• 9/8/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Connecticut Insurance Department Approval of Health Insurance Rate Hikes

  Attorney General William Tong today released the following statement regarding increases approved by the Connecticut Insurance Department to individual and small group health insurance plans covering 188,000 people.

• 8/30/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement Praising Office of Health Strategy Proposed Decision Rejecting Application to Close Labor and Delivery Services at Sharon Hospital

  Attorney General William Tong today praised a proposed decision by the Office of Health Strategy rejecting the application to close labor and delivery services at Sharon Hospital.

• 8/25/2023 Attorney General Tong Releases Statement on Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Approval of Final Decision on United Illuminating Rate Hike

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement following the final decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) rejecting all but $23 million of a bloated and unsupported $130.7 million rate hike sought by United Illuminating (UI).

• 8/16/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Fifth Circuit Decision Limiting Access to Medication Abortion

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding a decision by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit today limiting access to medication abortion in many states across the country. Due to proactive litigation Attorney General Tong filed with 17 states and the District of Columbia in Washington state, access to medication abortion in Connecticut is not impacted.

• 8/15/2023 Attorney General Tong to Insurance Department: Unjustified Rate Requests Must be Rejected

  In a letter today to Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais, Attorney General William Tong argued that double-digit rate increases sought by Anthem, Cigna and ConnectiCare are unjustified, unsupported by evidence, and must be rejected.

• 8/14/2023 Attorney General Tong Leads Bipartisan Coalition in Providing Comments to Federal Trade Commission in Effort to Better Prevent and Prosecute Cases of Unfair and Deceptive Acts or Practices

  Attorney General William Tong is co-leading a coalition of 30 attorneys general nationwide in providing comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of a bipartisan effort to improve collaboration between the FTC and state attorneys general.

• 8/11/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Urging the Passing of G.U.A.R.D. VA Benefits Act

  Attorney General William Tong joined a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general in issuing a letter to congressional leaders expressing support for the passage of legislative proposals included in the Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (G.U.A.R.D.) Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits Act.