2025 Press Releases

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• 12/4/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces Development in Generic Drug Price-Fixing Case

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a significant development in one of the ongoing generic drug price-fixing cases, sharing that U.S. District Judge Shea Michael P. Shea dismissed a motion for summary judgment filed by the drugmakers seeking to toss key elements of the case.

• 12/3/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces New Developments in Crackdown on Bootleg GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

  In a continuing crackdown on the sale of bootleg GLP-1 weight loss drugs, Attorney General William Tong this month sent cease and desist letters to weight loss spas in Avon, Brookfield and Danbury advertising non-FDA approved compounded GLP-1 weight loss drugs despite a state warning that such practices could violate the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act.

• 12/3/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump Administration from Defunding Planned Parenthood and Other Health Centers

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts blocking the Trump Administration from enforcing the “Defund Provision” within the recently enacted federal budget bill (“Big Beautiful Bill”).

• 12/3/2025 Attorney General Tong Begins Phase 2 of Operation Robocall Roundup, Announces Investigation of Major Service Providers Inteliquent, Bandwidth, Lumen, and Peerless

  Today, Attorney General William Tong announced Phase 2 of Operation Robocall Roundup, expanding the crackdown on illegal robocalls to include four of the largest voice providers in the country.

• 12/2/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Eversource Appeal of PURA Denial of Aquarion Sale

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the appeal by Eversource of the decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to deny the sale of Aquarion Company to a new nonprofit that would have doubled household bills and gut public oversight of water utility rates and consumer protections.

• 12/1/2025 Attorney General Tong Launches Inquiry Into Buy Now, Pay Later Lenders

  Attorney General William Tong led a multistate coalition of seven attorneys general sending letters to the six largest buy now, pay later (BNPL) providers seeking detailed information regarding their pricing and repayment structures, consumer contracts, user agreements, and disclosures.

• 11/26/2025 Attorney General Tong Calls on Shopify to Crack Down on E-Cigarette Sales

  Attorney General William Tong joined a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general and the City of New York in sending a letter to Shopify Inc., urging the company to take stronger action against merchants using the platform to sell illegal tobacco products, particularly e-cigarettes.

• 11/26/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues to Block Unlawful SNAP Eligibility Guidance

  Attorney General William Tong today joined 21 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop the federal government from unlawfully cutting off Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for thousands of lawful permanent residents.

• 11/26/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Complete Victory Over ExxonMobil Motion to Strike

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after Connecticut Superior Court Judge John B. Farley issued a decision fully denying ExxonMobil’s motion to strike Connecticut’s case against the company for decades of deceit regarding climate change.

• 11/25/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Over HUD Policy That Would Put More People Into Homelessness

  Attorney General William Tong today sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to stop the Trump Administration from illegally upending supports for tens of thousands of Americans experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity.

• 11/25/2025 Attorney General Tong Pushes Back on Potential State AI Law Ban

  Today, Attorney General William Tong and a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general wrote to Congress to oppose efforts to ban state laws that address artificial intelligence.

• 11/24/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Dismissal of Sham Indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding dismissal by a federal judge of sham charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

• 11/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Wins Lawsuit Stopping Elimination of Four Vital Federal Agencies

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that Connecticut has won a lawsuit protecting four federal agencies from being illegally dismantled by the Trump administration.

• 11/19/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on PURA Denial of New Aquarion Water Authority That Would Have Doubled Consumer Bills

  Attorney General William Tong today praised a decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to deny the sale of Aquarion Company to a new nonprofit that would have doubled household bills and gut public oversight of water utility rates and consumer protections.

• 11/19/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces $7 Million Settlement with Largest U.S. Landlord Over Algorithmic Pricing Scheme

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of nine states in filing a proposed $7 million settlement to resolve claims against Greystar Management Services LLC as part of the coalition’s ongoing enforcement against algorithmic coordination and other anticompetitive practices in rental markets across the country.