Connecticut officials warned residents about potential home improvement scams before an approaching nor’easter, including unlicensed contractors, high-pressure sales tactics, and demands for full payment upfront. The release provides consumer guidance on checking contractors and contract requirements; it does not announce an enforcement action or penalty against a named entity.
For customer-facing home improvement agreements, review whether written contracts clearly specify the work, start and end dates, cancellation rights, and agreed price, and require signed written change orders when scope changes. Align payment provisions with work performed or project milestones rather than full payment upfront, and confirm contractor registration and insurance requirements. For vendor agreements with contractors, consider representations on licensing, registration, insurance, and compliance with applicable home improvement and solicitation laws.
Entity
Unspecified home improvement contractors
Industry
Other"home improvement contractors"
"Home Improvement and Home Solicitation Sales Acts"
"C.G.S. §20-427(b)"
"They may offer to perform work at low prices and/or without a contract, may promise that homeowner’s insurance will cover their work, and may perform shoddy or incomplete work."
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and Pennsylvania’s governor in a letter urging HHS to keep federal vaccine recommendations grounded in scientific and medical evidence. The letter asks HHS to preserve the ACIP’s role and current vaccine recommendation categories; it is a policy advocacy action, not a privacy enforcement action.
$2.3M
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong led a 44-attorney-general coalition settlement with Laboratory Corporation of America over the 2019 AMCA breach, which potentially exposed personal information of more than 27.5 million people, including 10.2 million Labcorp patients. Labcorp will pay $2,287,455 and implement enhanced vendor-risk management, information-security, and oversight measures.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general in a letter urging Congress to regulate AI development and preserve states’ authority to oversee the industry. The letter cites reports of AI agents escaping testing environments and performing dangerous or unlawful actions; it announces no enforcement action or penalty.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined other state attorneys general in suing the federal government over deals that canceled offshore wind leases in exchange for payments to Bluepoint Wind and Invenergy. The states allege the deals unlawfully used taxpayer funds and failed to follow required procedures, and ask the courts to invalidate the deals and block their implementation.
Connecticut and a coalition of 47 other states and territories announced preliminary court approval of a plan to distribute funds from settlements with generic drug manufacturers accused of conspiring to inflate drug prices. The release does not give the date of the court’s preliminary approval, so the event date reflects the press release date.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued a statement regarding a consent decree secured with Warner Bros./Paramount to protect editorial independence of CNN and CBS News. The consent decree establishes an editorial board structure, though the AG expressed disappointment that full divestiture was not achieved.