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• 2/28/2022 Attorney General Tong urges Federal Trade Commission to Create Robust Rule Outlawing Impersonation Scams

  Lack of national rule results in millions of consumers targeted each year

• 2/25/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today praising President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• 2/25/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Drug Distributors and Johnson & Johnson Finalize $26 Billion Opioid Agreement

  Attorney General William Tong announced today the final approval of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – and Johnson & Johnson.

• 2/24/2022 Attorney General Tong Congratulates Erik T. Lohr on Connecticut Superior Court Nomination

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement on the nomination of Associate Attorney General Erik T. Lohr to the Connecticut Superior Court bench.

• 2/23/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces $310,874 Settlement with Psychiatrist to Resolve False Claims Allegations

  Attorney General William Tong and acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut Leonard C. Boyle today announced a $310,874 settlement with a Hamden psychiatrist to resolve state and federal False Claims Act allegations.

• 2/22/2022 Connecticut Leads Multistate Comments to FERC Urging Ratepayer Protections, Clean Energy Goals in Reactive Power Market Design

  Attorney General William Tong, Commissioner Katherine S. Dykes, and Acting Consumer Counsel Claire E. Coleman today led a coalition of attorneys general and public advocates from nine states and Washington, D.C. in submitting comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urging adoption of environmental justice and ratepayer protections and clean energy policies in reactive power market design.

• 2/22/2022 Attorney General Tong Warns Consumers About Dating App Scams that Have Cost Americans Over a Billion Dollars in the Last Five Years

  Attorney General William Tong is warning consumers about common scams on dating apps that have swindled Americans out of $1.3 billion in the last five years

• 2/15/2022 Attorney General Tong Supports Adoption by the National Labor Relations Board of Stronger Standards for Protecting Workers from Misclassification

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in encouraging the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to strengthen the standard for protecting workers from misclassification by their employers as independent contractors — a designation that can deprive workers of wages earned, core workplace benefits, and the ability to organize.

• 2/3/2022 Attorney General Tong: Gun Manufactures and Dealers Are Not Exempt from State Consumer Protection Laws

  Joins Multistate Brief in Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson Brands Arguing that Federal Law Does not Shield Gun Manufacturers and Dealers from Consumer Laws Governing the Marketing and Sale of Firearms

• 1/27/2022 Attorney General Tong Shares Important Progress on $26 Billion Opioid Agreement

  Attorney General William Tong today marked a key milestone in bringing billions of dollars in much-needed resources to communities across the country via the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – and Johnson & Johnson over the companies’ role in creating and fueling the nationwide opioid crisis.

• 1/26/2022 Attorney General Tong Praises Nomination of Vanessa Avery for United States Attorney

  Attorney General William Tong praised the nomination today of Vanessa Avery to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

• 1/26/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on WinRed

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today after the U.S. District Court of Minnesota dismissed WinRed’s lawsuit trying to prevent Connecticut and three other states from investigating WinRed’s business practices.

• 1/18/2022 Attorney General Tong Urges FDA to Preserve State Regulation of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 42 states and territories urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to preserve state authority to enforce their consumer protection laws in connection to the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids.

• 1/14/2022 Attorney General Tong Continues Fight to End Facebook's Illegal Monopoly

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general continuing to fight Facebook’s illegal efforts to stifle competition and protect its monopoly power.

• 1/13/2022 Attorney General Tong, Consumer Protection Commissioner Seagull, Banking Commissioner Perez Announce $1.85 Billion Settlement with Student Loan Servicer Navient

  Attorney General William Tong, Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull and Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez announced today a $1.85 billion settlement with student loan servicer Navient that will direct millions in debt relief and restitution to thousands of Connecticut borrowers.