Penalty Amount
$2,000,000
Attorney General Tong and a coalition of four other states and the FTC sued Zillow and Redfin after Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to shut down its multifamily rental advertising business and transfer clients to Zillow. The settlement requires the companies to restore competition, with Redfin rebuilding its apartment advertising business, and pay $2 million to the coalition.
Zillow and Redfin must resume competing as before the illegal agreement, Redfin will rebuild its apartment advertising business and sell its own advertising products, the companies must eliminate anticompetitive provisions, and they must pay $2 million to the coalition.
In-house legal teams should review their partnership agreements, content license agreements, and any agreements with competitors for non-compete, exclusivity, and market allocation clauses. They should also review vendor agreements to ensure no provisions restrict competition or create anticompetitive effects, particularly clauses that could be seen as compensating a competitor to exit a market or exclusively display another's listings.
Entity
Zillow Group, Inc. and Redfin Corporation
Industry
Technology"Zillow Group, Inc. (Zillow) and Redfin Corporation (Redfin)"
"The companies must also pay the coalition $2 million."
"violating federal antitrust laws"
"Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to shut down its multifamily rental advertising business and transfer its clients to Zillow"
$2.0M
Attorney General Jones, along with four other states and the FTC, sued Zillow and Redfin for an illegal agreement where Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to exit the multifamily rental advertising market and exclusively display Zillow's listings. The settlement requires the companies to restore competition, pay $2 million, and prohibits future anticompetitive agreements.
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.
Connecticut and Massachusetts co-led a coalition protest urging FERC to reject the proposed NextEra Energy-Dominion Energy merger. The coalition argued that the merger could increase market power and threaten energy affordability, reliability, and competition; the release does not report a final enforcement decision or penalty.