2024 Press Releases

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• 11/21/2024 State Attorneys General, Justice Department Seek Limits to Google Business Practices to End Search Engine Monopoly

  State attorneys general along with the Justice Department today proposed a robust package of remedies to end Google’s unlawful monopoly over internet search engines and to restore competition to benefit consumers.

• 11/21/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on Passing of Governor M. Jodi Rell

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement on the passing of Governor M. Jodi Rell.

• 11/19/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $2 Million Settlement with Pike Fuels Over New Haven Environmental Violations

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $2 million settlement with Pike Fuels (formerly Gulf Oil) following numerous violations of Connecticut environmental protection laws at its New Haven petroleum distribution facility.

• 11/18/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Final PURA Decision Lowering Rates for Connecticut Natural Gas and Southern Connecticut Gas

  ttorney General William Tong issued a statement regarding the final decisions issued by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to decrease revenue for both Connecticut Natural Gas (CNG) and Southern Connecticut Gas (SCG).

• 11/18/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on United Illuminating Winter Rate Increase

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding the announcement from United Illuminating that standard services rates will rise by 4.7 percent in January, resulting in a total average bill increase of $11.61 per month.

• 11/15/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on Eversource Winter Rate Increase

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding the announcement from Eversource that standard services rates will rise by 24 percent in January, resulting in a total average bill increase of 7.2 percent.

• 11/12/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Yankee Gas $209 Million Rate Hike Request

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the request filed today with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority by Yankee Gas seeking a $209 million rate hike.

• 11/4/2024 Attorneys General Issue Bipartisan Statement Condemning Violence in Response to Election Results

  In a bipartisan effort to safeguard democratic principles and the rule of law, Attorney General William Tong, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach co-led a coalition of 47 other state attorneys general today calling for peace nationwide in response to the Nov. 5 presidential election.

• 10/31/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces Significant Updates in Multistate Litigation Against Generic Drug Manufacturers Over Conspiracies to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition

  Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 50 states and territories announcing two significant cooperation agreements and settlements with Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex totaling $49.1 million to resolve allegations that both companies engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition, and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to numerous generic prescription drugs.

• 10/29/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement with Hilario's Towing Over Illegal Junk Fees

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $65,000 settlement with Hilario Truck Center and Hilario’s Service Center, resolving an investigation into thousands of dollars of illegally collected junk fees.

• 10/25/2024 Attorney General Tong to Argue for Maximum Term and for Conditions of Accelerated Rehabilitation to Prevent Animal Abuser from Owning Animals Again After Only 30 Days

  At 2 p.m. on Monday, October 28 at Danbury Superior Court, Attorney General William Tong will argue for maximum conditions associated with proposed accelerated rehabilitation in the criminal case against Nancy Burton, who was arrested on cruelty to animals charges in 2021 for the severe neglect of more than 65 live goats and over 40 dead goats at her Redding home.

• 10/25/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $39 Million Connecticut False Claims Act Judgment Against Assured Rx Pharmacy for Kickback Scheme Involving Retired State Employees

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a Hartford Superior Court judge has found Florida-based pharmacy, Assured Rx, LLC liable for $39 million in treble damages and civil penalties under the Connecticut False Claims Act (CFCA) in a kickback scheme involving illegal payments to retired state employees for costly compound drug prescriptions.

• 10/23/2024 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Urging Federal Court to Maintain Access to Emergency Abortion Care

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 24 attorneys in filing an amicus brief in U.S. v. Idaho to protect access to emergency abortion care in Idaho.

• 10/22/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on Death of Wethersfield Firefighter

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the death of a Wethersfield firefighter battling the Lamentation Mountain brush fire.

• 10/22/2024 Attorney General Tong Issues Robocall Warning to iDentidad Telecom

  Attorney General William Tong announced today he has sent a letter to iDentidad Advertising Development LLC, also known as iDentidad Telecom, warning the company that it is transmitting suspected illegal robocall traffic and should stop immediately.