2024 Press Releases

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• 1/3/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Vision Solar Bankruptcy Filing

  Attorney General William Tong today announced that Vision Solar LLC filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on December 28, 2023. Attorney General Tong sued Vision Solar LLC in March 2023, after an investigation in coordination with the Department of Consumer Protection exposed Vision’s use of high-pressure sales tactics, misrepresentations, delays, and unpermitted work.

• 11/21/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on Passing of Governor M. Jodi Rell

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement on the passing of Governor M. Jodi Rell.

• 9/16/2024 Attorney General Tong, Consumer Counsel Petition for State Review of Iberdrola Move to Take Avangrid Fully Private

  Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Counsel Claire E. Coleman today filed a petition with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority seeking state review of the proposed acquisition by Iberdrola of all remaining shares of Avangrid. Iberdrola is a Spain-based multinational conglomerate that owns 81.6 percent of United Illuminating, Southern Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, as well as utilities in Maine, Massachusetts and New York. Iberdrola has moved to purchase all remaining shares, removing Avangrid as a publicly traded company.

• 1/9/2024 Attorney General Tong Sues Three Wholesalers and Four Retailers for Repeated Sale of Potent, Illicit Cannabis Products

  Attorney General William Tong today filed seven new enforcement actions against wholesalers and retailers engaging in the distribution and sale of potent, illicit cannabis products in Connecticut.

• 2/1/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $350 Million Settlement With Multinational Marketing Firm Publicis Over Role in Opioid Epidemic

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis.

• 12/12/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces New Partnership to Combat Gun Violence Through Civil Enforcement of State Laws

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that 16 attorneys general have formed a multistate coalition to hold irresponsible firearms industry members accountable for their devastating impact on gun violence.

• 8/13/2024 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition to Secure $4.5 Million from Biotech Company for Failing to Protect Health Data

  Attorney General William Tong, along with the attorneys general of New York and New Jersey, today secured $4.5 million from Enzo Biochem, Inc. (Enzo) for failing to adequately safeguard the personal and private health information of its patients.

• 5/23/2024 Attorney General Tong, Department of Justice, States Announce Suit Against Ticketmaster-Live Nation for Monopolizing Markets Across the Live Concert Industry

  Attorney General William Tong, the Justice Department, and attorneys general from 29 other states and the District of Columbia today filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster LLC and its parent company Live Nation Entertainment Inc. for monopolization and other unlawful conduct that thwarts competition in markets across the live entertainment industry.

• 1/17/2024 Attorney General Tong Leads Multistate Coalition Urging Biden Administration to Implement Ban on Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars

  Attorney General William Tong this week led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget, urging the Biden administration to complete its review and swiftly implement proposed FDA Rules, which would prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.

• 12/29/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on the Death of Former President Jimmy Carter

• 2/29/2024 Attorney General Tong Seeks to Ban Predatory and Deceptive Real Estate Listing Agreements Following Connecticut Investigation

  Following an investigation that uncovered nearly 400 deceptive real estate agreements in Connecticut through the company MV Realty, Attorney General William Tong today urged legislators to pass legislation banning the multi-year predatory listing deals and nullifying all existing unfair contracts.

• 12/5/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $361,520 False Claims Settlement with Home Care VNA

  Attorney General William Tong and Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut today announced that Home Care VNA LLC and its current and former owners, Shakira Lubega and Constant Ogutt have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay $361,520 to resolve allegations that they were paid for home health care services that violated Medicaid regulations relating to plans of care.

• 5/7/2024 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition in Defense of Massachusetts' Gun Laws

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit defending Massachusetts’ commonsense gun safety laws.

• 11/26/2024 Attorney General Tong Backs Rule Increasing Consumer Choice of Cellphone Providers

  ttorney General William Tong is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to pass a proposed rule to enable consumers to switch mobile service providers while keeping their existing mobile phones. If adopted, the mobile phone unlocking rule would require all providers to unlock devices within 60 days of activation in most circumstances – reducing consumer cost and confusion in the marketplace.

• 1/29/2024 Attorney General Tong Sues United Illuminating to Enforce English Station Remediation Order

  Attorney General William Tong filed an enforcement action today against United Illuminating over the company’s longstanding failure to remediate contamination at the defunct English Station power plant in New Haven.