| News Tipoffs - Connecticut Editors Newsletter for Saturday October 26, 2024 ( 3 items ) |
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Conn. A.G. Tong Announces $39 Million Connecticut False Claims Act Judgment Against Assured Rx Pharmacy for Kickback Scheme Involving Retired State Employees
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024:
Attorney General William Tong today announced a Hartford Superior Court judge has found Florida-based pharmacy, Assured Rx, LLC liable for $39 million in treble damages and civil penalties under the Connecticut False Claims Act (CFCA) in a kickback scheme involving illegal payments to retired state employees for costly compound drug prescriptions.
The state alleged in
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Conn. A.G. Tong to Argue for Maximum Term and for Conditions of Accelerated Rehabilitation to Prevent Animal Abuser From Owning Animals Again After Only 30 Days
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024:
At 2 p.m. on Monday, October 28 at Danbury Superior Court, Attorney General William Tong will argue for maximum conditions associated with proposed accelerated rehabilitation in the criminal case against Nancy Burton, who was arrested on cruelty to animals charges in 2021 for the severe neglect of more than 65 live goats and over 40 dead goats at her Redding home.
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Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Challenge to the Constitutionality of Solitary Confinement of Children in Juvenile Justice Settings
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2024:
The Justice Department filed a statement of interest (https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-10/statement_of_interest_-_jbh_v._knox_county.pdf) yesterday in a lawsuit brought in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois alleging that conditions in a juvenile detention facility violate the Constitution. The statement explains that the 14th Amendment protects children from illegit
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