2022 Press Releases

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• 3/7/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Gasoline Abnormal Market Disruption in Place Through April 2

  Attorney General William Tong announced an “abnormal market disruption” in gasoline prices will trigger additional consumer protections against price gouging through April 2, 2022.

• 3/7/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces $4.8 Million Settlement With Redwood Toxicology Laboratory

  Attorney General William Tong, U.S. Attorney Leonard C. Boyle, and Special Agent in Charge Phillip Coyne of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General announced today that Redwood Toxicology Laboratory, Inc. has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which it will pay nearly $4.8 million to resolve allegations it overcharged the Connecticut Medicaid program for certain laboratory services.

• 12/14/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Sandy Hook Anniversary

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement on the tenth anniversary of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

• 12/2/2022 Attorney General Tong Announces Multistate Settlement with CarMax Over the Disclosure of Safety Recalls

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $1 million multistate settlement with CarMax Auto Superstores, Inc. and 35 attorneys general that will require CarMax to disclose open, unrepaired recalls related to the safety of its used vehicles. Connecticut will receive a payment of $20,589.46 through the settlement to support consumer protection enforcement.

• 9/16/2022 Attorney General Tong Fights to Protect Airline Customers

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multi-state coalition urging Congress to allow attorneys general to enforce state and federal consumer protections for airline travelers. This request comes after attorneys general received thousands of complaints from outraged passengers, claiming airlines have failed in their service responsibilities, causing significant frustrations and unnecessary challenges.

• 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.

• 6/10/2022 Attorney General Tong Urges Federal Legislation to Protect Reproductive Healthcare

  Attorney General William Tong this week joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer proposing a series of actions to protect access to reproductive health care in the wake of the leaked draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health overturning Roe v. Wade.

• 4/8/2022 Attorney General Tong: EPA Must Rethink Standards Regulating Particulate Matter Pollution from Airplanes

  Attorney General William Tong this week joined a multistate coalition urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt more protective standards for particulate matter emissions from airplanes.

• 9/15/2022 Attorney General Tong and DCP Commissioner Seagull Announce Court Order Blocking Solar Wolf from Doing Business in Connecticut Until it Responds to Consumer Protection Investigation

  Attorney General William Tong and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull today announced an investigation into and enforcement against unfair and deceptive sales practices of Auburn, Massachusetts-based solar company Solar Wolf Energy, Inc. over failures to complete, or even begin, promised residential work.

• 12/6/2022 Attorney General Tong, Department of Agriculture Secure State Custody of Neglected Goats

  Attorney General William Tong today announced the state has secured permanent custody of more than 90 neglected and injured goats seized from Redding resident Nancy Burton in March 2021.

• 3/9/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on Bankruptcy Court Approval of Purdue Pharma Settlement

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain approved the $6 billion Purdue bankruptcy plan.

• 6/23/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on FDA Order Removing JUUL Products from U.S. Market

  Attorney General William Tong today released the following statement applauding a U.S. Food and Drug Administration order removing JUUL products from the U.S. market.

• 11/23/2022 Attorney General Tong Urges Apple to Protect Consumers’ Reproductive Health Information Through Apple App Store in the Wake of U.S. Supreme Court Dobbs Decision

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of ten attorneys general urging Apple to protect consumers’ private reproductive health information on apps available through its App Store following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

• 3/22/2022 Attorney General Tong Joins Brief Filed in U.S. Supreme Court Supporting Effort to Terminate Harmful Immigration Policies and Protect Federal Parole Power

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision requiring the federal government to continue the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy.

• 6/14/2022 Attorney General Tong Sues Reynolds Over Non-Recyclable Hefty "Recycling" Trash Bags