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• 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.

• 10/25/2024 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.

• 10/23/2024 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.

• 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 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.

• 10/11/2024 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.

• 10/9/2024 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 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.

• 10/7/2024 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.

• 10/4/2024 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.