2025 Press Releases

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• 11/19/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces $714,446 False Claims Settlement with Dentists Over Prohibited Patient Recruiting Fees

  ttorney General William Tong today announced a $714,446 joint state and federal settlement with Dent Plus Family Dentistry, L&M Family Dentistry and owners Ivan Makar and Oleg Losin, resolving allegations that the dental practices violated state and federal False Claims Act statutes through prohibited fees paid to a “patient recruiting” company.

• 11/18/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Following Bankruptcy Court Confirmation of $7.4 Billion Purdue Settlement

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan, approving a $7.4 billion settlement between 55 attorneys general, Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler Family.

• 11/13/2025 Attorney General Tong Opposes Trump Administration's Efforts to Dramatically Expand Expedited Deportations Without Due Process

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in opposing the Trump Administration’s legally flawed effort to dramatically expand “expedited removal” into the interior of the United States and put untold numbers of Americans at risk for unlawful detention and deportation without due process.

• 11/9/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks Temporary Restraining Order to Block Trump from Demanding State "Undo" SNAP Benefits

  Attorney General William Tong tonight sought a temporary restraining order to block the Trump Administration from demanding that states “undo” Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits already paid out to millions of Americans.

• 11/10/2025 Attorney General Tong to Ruger Over RXM Pistol Safety Risks: "I Will Not Hesitate to Enforce the Law"

  In a letter today to Southport-based gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co., Attorney General William Tong raised grave public safety concerns regarding the company’s semi-automatic pistols that can be easily converted using machine gun conversion (MCD) devices into illegal fully automatic weapons as fast or faster than those deployed by the military.

• 11/7/2025 Attorney General Tong Opposes Latest Trump Attempt to Withhold Full SNAP Benefits

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 26 states opposing the Trump Administration’s request to block a court order to deliver full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to the millions of Americans relying on them.

• 11/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Enters into Settlement in First Action Under Connecticut's Student Data Privacy Law

  Attorney General William Tong along with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that they have secured a total of $5.1 million from educational technology company Illuminate Education, Inc. (“Illuminate”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Renaissance Learning, Inc., for failing to protect students’ data.

• 11/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Files Expanded Complaint Against Altice Detailing $39.1 Million in Bait-And-Switch Junk Fees Charged to Connecticut Consumers

  Attorney General William Tong today announced an expanded complaint against Altice/Optimum Online, detailing how the company’s deceptive advertisements intentionally misled Spanish speakers and unlawfully reaped at least $39.1 million in bait-and-switch “Network Enhancement” junk fees from Connecticut consumers.

• 11/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Asks Court to Compel Trump Administration to Deliver Full SNAP Benefits

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 25 states and the District of Columbia in filing a response to the federal government’s decision to only partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for the 42 million Americans relying on it.

• 11/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding PURA Final Decision Increasing Yankee Gas Rates by $82 Million

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the final decision issued today by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority increasing rates for Yankee Gas customers by $82 million.

• 11/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks to Halt Tariffs in Landmark Case at U.S. Supreme Court

  Today, the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in a landmark case challenging the federal government’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs.

• 11/4/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Final Ruling Blocking Illegal Conditioning of Transportation Grant Funding

  Attorney General William Tong today secured a permanent injunction from the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island blocking the Trump Administration’s effort to unlawfully impose immigration enforcement requirements on billions of dollars in annual U.S. Department of Transportation grants.

• 11/3/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Trump Choice to Partially Fund SNAP and Weaponize Hunger for Political Gain

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the decision made today by the United States Department of Agriculture to use only contingency funds to partially fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the shutdown, furthering President Donald Trump’s cruel strategy to weaponize hunger for perceived political advantage.

• 11/3/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues U.S. Department of Education to Block Public Service Loan Forgiveness Restrictions

  Attorney General William Tong and 21 other attorneys general today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education (ED) for unlawfully restricting eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, which allows government and nonprofit employees to have their federal student loans forgiven after ten years of service.

• 10/31/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Order in SNAP Benefits Case

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts issued an order finding that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) must use its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funds to fund the program during the ongoing federal government shutdown.