2020 Press Releases

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• 3/1/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Bipartisan Coalition in Defending States’ Rights to Regulate the Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court supporting states’ rights to regulate and address the rising cost of prescription drugs. In Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, the attorneys general argue that in order to protect the well-being of consumers, states must regulate pharmacy benefit managers, also known as PBMs.

• 3/1/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Consideration of ACA Case

  Attorney General William Tong today issued the following statement regarding the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act individual mandate.

• 2/24/2020 Attorney General Tong Releases Testimony in Support of Update to Connecticut Data Breach Notification Statute

  Attorney General William Tong today testified before the General Law Committee in support of Senate Bill 137, An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches. The bill, sought by the Office of the Attorney General, updates and strengthens Connecticut’s breach notification statute.

• 2/23/2020 Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, Oregon, Texas Announce Bipartisan Multistate Investigation Into JUUL

  Attorneys General from Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, Oregon and Texas today announced a bipartisan, multistate investigation into JUUL Labs. The 39-state multistate coalition is investigating JUUL’s marketing and sales practices, including targeting of youth, claims regarding nicotine content, and statements regarding risks, safety and effectiveness as a smoking cessation device.

• 2/20/2020 Scam Alert: Officials Warn Families About New Developments in Utility Shut-off Scams

  Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull, Attorney General William Tong, Public Utilities Regulatory Chairman Marissa Gillett, AARP Connecticut State Director Nora Duncan, Connecticut Water Company President Maureen Westbrook and Regional Water Authority’s Manager of Corporate Communications Dan Doyle today urged Connecticut families to recognize the signs that they’re being targeted by scam artists threatening to turn off their utilities.

• 2/18/2020 CT Joins Lawsuit Against EPA Over Failure to Act on Ozone Pollution from Upwind States

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a new federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its failure to act – despite a court mandate -- on the problem of air pollution from upwind states that is harming Connecticut air and preventing the state from achieving compliance with federal Clean Air Act standards.

• 2/18/2020 AG Tong Continues Multistate Defense of Immigrant Driver Licenses

  Attorney General William Tong led a coalition of 14 states today, authoring an amicus brief defending the right of states to keep their roads safe by issuing driver’s licenses to residents regardless of federal immigration status.

• 2/17/2020 Scam Alert: Coronavirus Inspires Scam Artists to Target Consumers

  The Departments of Consumer Protection (DCP), Public Health (DPH) and the Office of the Attorney General William Tong are warning consumers that scam artists are following the headlines and trying to take advantage of consumers’ during heightened attention to coronavirus.

• 2/13/2020 State Secures Custody of Neglected Animals Seized from Suffield Farm

  This morning in Hartford Superior Court, the State secured custody of nearly 200 severely neglected animals seized from a Suffield farm last month.

• 2/12/2020 CT Joins Lawsuit to Compel USPS to Stop Flow of Foreign Contraband Cigarettes

  Attorney General William Tong announced Connecticut has joined a lawsuit seeking to compel the United States Postal Service (USPS) to comply with federal law and stop delivering millions of foreign cigarettes to Connecticut and other states.

• 2/10/2020 Attorney General Tong Calls on Congress to Take Steps Towards Ratification of Equal Rights Amendment

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in submitting a letter strongly urging both houses of Congress to remove any ratification deadline that may apply to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and in doing so, clarify that ERA must become a part of the U.S. Constitution.

• 2/10/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement on T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding court approval of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger.

• 2/5/2020 Attorney General Tong Moves for State Custody of Neglected Animals Seized from Suffield Farm

  Attorney General William Tong this morning filed a motion for permanent custody of nearly 200 severely neglected animals seized from a Suffield farm last month.

• 2/3/2020 Attorney General Tong, DSS Commissioner Gifford Announce $200,000 Settlement and Suspension Agreement with East Hartford Behavioral Health Providers, Resolving False Claims Act Lawsuit

  Attorney General William Tong and Connecticut Department of Social Services Commissioner Deidre S. Gifford announced today that an East Hartford company and its owner have agreed to pay $200,000, and will be suspended from participating in the Connecticut Medical Assistance Program (CMAP) for a period of five years, for allegedly engaging in a systematic and persistent pattern of submitting false claims to the CMAP, which includes the state's Medicaid program.

• 2/2/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces $118 Million Agreement with Practice Fusion

  Attorney General William Tong announced that Connecticut and other states have reached a $118.6 million civil settlement agreement with Practice Fusion, Inc., resolving allegations that the company accepted payments from specific drug manufacturers in exchange for promoting the manufacturers' drugs to physicians using Practice Fusion's software.