Penalty Amount
$1,050,000
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong led a coalition of 45 states and territories seeking court approval for settlements resolving allegations that Ascend Laboratories, Citron Pharma, and Mayne Pharma conspired to inflate prices and limit competition for generic prescription drugs. Ascend agreed to pay $400,000, Mayne agreed to pay $650,000, and Citron’s settlement includes non-monetary terms; the companies also agreed to internal reforms.
Ascend will pay $400,000 and Mayne will pay $650,000 to the states; Citron’s settlement has no monetary terms. Each company agreed to injunctive terms and internal reforms intended to promote fair competition and compliance with antitrust laws.
Review vendor, distributor, customer, and other commercial agreements in the pharmaceutical supply chain for provisions that could facilitate exchange of competitively sensitive pricing, sales, or market-allocation information with competitors. Check antitrust compliance representations, restrictions on sharing nonpublic competitor information, independent pricing and sales decision requirements, audit and cooperation rights, and controls governing trade associations or industry events; privacy-specific clauses are not implicated by the reported allegations.
Entity
Ascend Laboratories, Citron Pharma, and Mayne Pharma
Industry
HealthcareOfficial Press Release
https://portal.ct.gov/ag/press-releases/2026-press-releases/attorney-general-tong-seeks-court-approval-for-settlements-with-ascend-citron-and-mayne
ascend citron and mayne motion for preliminary approval.pdf?
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ag/press_releases/2026/ascend-citron-and-mayne-motion-for-preliminary-approval.pdf?rev=e1c7206d58b64ea59a4bb12a15ba4a9a&hash=DC1986FB9E21B6612C4F9347821C4B78
Connecticut Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://portal.ct.gov/AG/Privacy/Privacy-Resources
"three settlements with Ascend Laboratories, Citron Pharma and Mayne Pharma"
"Ascend will pay $400,000 to the states. Mayne will pay $650,000."
"compliance with antitrust laws"
"engaged in a widespread, long-running conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition, and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to numerous generic prescription drugs."
A court denied RealPage’s attempt to have Connecticut’s antitrust case dismissed, allowing the lawsuit to continue. The complaint alleges that RealPage used landlords’ nonpublic, competitively sensitive rental data in an algorithm to recommend prices and that its practices inflated rents; no penalty or final remedy against RealPage is reported.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced that Home Depot had voluntarily provided assistance to Wren Kitchen customers after Wren filed for bankruptcy and consumers reported unfinished projects and undelivered products. Home Depot had assisted 286 customers with $1.235 million in relief and offered further help through October 31; the release does not describe a formal penalty or privacy violation.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of states and local governments in filing suit against NHTSA over its rule weakening fuel economy standards for new passenger cars and light trucks. The lawsuit alleges the rule violates the agency’s statutory mandate and the Administrative Procedure Act; no penalty or final remedy is reported.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a multistate coalition suing the EPA over its repeal of greenhouse gas pollution limits for power plants and separately filed a notice of intent to sue over regulation of existing gas plants. The coalition asks the court to overturn the repeal and restore the protections; the release reports no monetary penalty or final order.
$400.0M
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced a $400 million settlement with Sandoz Inc. and Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. resolving allegations that the generic drug manufacturers conspired to inflate prices, limit competition, and restrain trade. The settlement includes consumer restitution and injunctive reforms; court approval was being sought.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter opposing a DHS rule that allows certain affirmative asylum applications to be referred to removal proceedings without an asylum officer interview. The coalition argues the rule violates federal law and harms asylum seekers, including unaccompanied children; this was a policy opposition letter, not a privacy enforcement action.