2024 Press Releases

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• 10/21/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $500,000 Settlement with Guardian Analytics Following Data Breach

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a settlement with Guardian Analytics, Inc. (“Guardian”) and its successor Actimize, Inc. (“Actimize”), resolving an investigation into a data breach that impacted the personal information of 157,629 Connecticut residents who were customers of Webster Bank, N.A. Under the settlement, Guardian and Actimize, as its successor, have agreed to strengthen their data security practices and pay $500,000.

• 10/18/2024 Attorney General Tong Opposes Needless Barriers to Mifepristone Access in North Carolina

  Attorney General William Tong today announced Connecticut has joined a coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia opposing needless barriers to mifepristone access in North Carolina.

• 10/17/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement with EnergyBillCruncher Over Misleading Solar Claims

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $20,000 settlement with EnergyBillCruncher.com, resolving an investigation regarding false claims on social media

• 10/11/2024 Attorney General Tong Urges Federal Judge to Strike Unnecessary Restrictions on Mifepristone

  In a motion filed late Thursday, Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 17 other attorneys general urge a federal judge in Washington state to end unnecessary and severe restrictions imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the abortion medication mifepristone.

• 10/11/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $5 Million Judgment Against Bankrupt Vision Solar

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that a Hartford Superior Court judge has imposed a $5 million stipulated judgment against Vision Solar, settling the lawsuit brought by the Office of the Attorney General over high-pressure sales tactics, misrepresentations, delays and unpermitted work.

• 10/9/2024 Attorney General Tong Co-Leads $52 Million Multistate Settlement with Marriott for Data Breach of Starwood Guest Reservation Database

  Attorney General Tong announced today that a coalition of 50 attorneys general, co-led by Connecticut, has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases.

• 10/8/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces Escalating Efforts to Force TikTok Compliance with Active and Ongoing Investigation

  Attorney General William Tong today announced escalating efforts to force TikTok’s compliance with the active and ongoing multistate investigation into harm to youth mental health.

• 10/7/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on Anniversary of October 7 Terrorist Attack on Israel

  Attorney General William Tong today released the following statement on the anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel.

• 10/7/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement as U.S. Supreme Court Declines Challenge Regarding Texas Emergency Abortion Care

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court today permitted a lower court ruling to remain in place preventing the Biden administration from enforcing the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) against Texas hospitals who decline to provide essential, stabilizing medical care to a patient when the medically necessary care is an abortion.

• 10/4/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on PURA Decision Regarding Rates for Connecticut Natural Gas and Souther Connecticut Gas

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement regarding the draft decisions issued by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to decrease revenue for Connecticut Natural Gas (CNG) customers by $19 million and increase revenue for Southern Connecticut Gas (SCG) customers by $6.2 million.

• 10/3/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Yankee Gas $209 Million Rate Hike Request

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding the announcement by Yankee Gas that it will soon file a request with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for a $209 million rate hike.

• 10/3/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $27 Million Multistate False Claims Settlement with Precision Diagnostics

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that Connecticut has joined the United States, the District of Columbia, and 42 other States in settling allegations against Precision Toxicology, LLC d/b/a Precision Diagnostics, Inc. (“Precision”).

• 10/2/2024 Attorney General Tong Shuts Down Another Ghost Gun Dealer Following Illegal Sales in Connecticut

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that Utah-based AR Industries will cease operations in a settlement with the State arising from the company’s sale of illegal untraceable ghost gun parts.

• 9/30/2024 United Illuminating Seeks Yet Another Rate Hike-- Attorney General Tong Slams Tone-Deaf $105 Million Revenue Grab

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after United Illuminating signaled today it will seek yet another rate hike.

• 9/25/2024 Attorney General Tong to Convene National Forum on Plastics

  Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is convening attorneys general, leading academics, advocates and industry experts for a national forum on plastics in New Haven on Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27.