2023 Press Releases

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• 5/17/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement Over "Premom" Ovulation Tracking App's Data Sharing & Privacy Practices

  Attorney General William Tong announced today that Connecticut, Oregon, and the District of Columbia have obtained a $100,000 settlement with Easy Healthcare Corporation (“Easy Healthcare”) over data sharing and privacy practices associated with the company’s “Premom” ovulation tracking app.

• 5/16/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Oakland and San Francisco’s Efforts to Hold Big Oil Accountable for Misleading the Public, Worsening the Climate Crisis

  Attorney General William Tong, joining a multistate coalition of 16 attorneys general led by California, filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the City of Oakland and the City and County of San Francisco’s efforts to hold major fossil fuel-producing companies accountable for their misleading actions that have worsened the climate crisis.

• 6/21/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition of 24 States in Support of Stronger Federal Protections for Reproductive Health Data Privacy

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 states supporting stronger protections for patients’ reproductive health information.

• 1/13/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition in Support of Biden Administration's Student Debt Cancellation Plan

  Attorney General William Tong has joined a national coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the federal government in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the Biden Administration’s targeted cancellation of student loan debt to address the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 4/21/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Stay Preserving Access to Medication Abortion Nationwide

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the U.S Supreme Court further stayed a Texas judge’s medication abortion decision that would suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s long-standing approval of mifepristone. The Texas judge’s order is now on hold until the federal Fifth Circuit hears and resolves the FDA’s appeal and the Supreme Court resolves any certiorari petition.

• 4/11/2023 Attorney General Tong, Stamford Police Confiscate Thousands of Illegal Delta-8 THC Cannabis Products Following Vape Shop Inspection

  Attorney General William Tong today announced that a joint enforcement action with Stamford Police has resulted in the confiscation of thousands of illegal delta-8 THC, delta-8 THCO, delta-9 THCO and other high THC cannabis products found for sale at three Stamford vape shops.

• 2/24/2023 Attorney General Tong Sues FDA Over Unlawful, Unnecessary Restrictions on Medication Abortion Drug

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate federal lawsuit against the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) accusing it of singling out one of the two drugs used for medication abortions for excessively burdensome regulation, despite ample evidence that the drug is safer than Tylenol. The attorneys general also filed a preliminary injunction asking the court to halt the enforcement of the FDA’s restrictions on mifepristone while the case continues.

• 9/11/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces $35 Million Settlement with Leasing Company Tempoe, LLC

  Attorney General William Tong announced today a settlement with Tempoe, LLC, resolving a multistate investigation into Tempoe’s advertising and leasing to consumers through retailers across the nation.

• 10/13/2023 Attorney General Tong Urges Supreme Court to Reverse Lower Court Ruling on Medication Abortion

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear and reverse the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s ruling reinstating medically unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion.

• 6/7/2023 Attorney General Tong Praises Unanimous Passage of Legislation Directing JUUL Vaping Settlement Funds to Regional Behavioral Health Action Organizations

  Attorney General William Tong today praised unanimous votes in both the state House of Representatives and Senate advancing legislation directing funds received through the $438.5 million multistate vaping settlement with JUUL to Regional Behavioral Health Action Organizations (RBHAOs) to combat youth vaping and nicotine use. The legislation, backed by the Office of the Attorney General, also supports updating the existing reporting requirements for opioid settlement funds to make clear that municipalities must comply with the same reporting requirements already in place for state-administered funds.

• 4/18/2023 Attorney General Tong Announces $243K False Claims Settlement with Behavioral Health Provider K-Assist

  Attorney General William Tong and U.S. Attorney Vanessa Avery today announced a $234, 064.89 settlement with Kelly Stutzman and her company K-Assist, resolving allegations that the behavioral health provider violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.

• 12/13/2023 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition Condemning Texas Supreme Court Decision Upholding the State's Dangerous Abortion Ban

  Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 11 attorneys general released the following statement after the Texas Supreme Court denied abortion access to Kate Cox, a pregnant woman whose health and life were at risk as a result of a lethal fetal diagnosis.

• 12/13/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Case on Availability of Abortion Medication

  Attorney General William Tong today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear a case that could determine whether a Texas court will be allowed to impose outdated and medically unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone, a medication that millions of women have safely used for abortion care.

• 10/10/2023 Attorney General Tong Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Israel

  Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the terrorist attacks in Israel.

• 5/10/2023 Attorney General Tong Praises Bipartisan House Vote to Expand Fraud-Fighting Authority

  Attorney General William Tong today praised a nearly unanimous 138-7 vote in the state House of Representatives to approve expanded authority for the Office of the Attorney General to fight fraud and abuse across state government.