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.
$625K
Connecticut reached a $625,000 settlement with Frontier Communications Parent Inc. over an April 2024 breach in which compromised employee and vendor credentials were used to access internal systems and exfiltrate unencrypted personal information of 58,841 Connecticut residents. The settlement requires Frontier to strengthen its security program, implement specific safeguards and training, and obtain an independent third-party assessment.
$2.6M
Connecticut and New York found that Boston Children’s Health Physicians and its security vendor, XTIUM, failed to use reasonable safeguards, resulting in hackers accessing sensitive personal, medical, and employee information. The companies agreed to pay penalties totaling $2.64 million and implement enhanced cybersecurity measures.
Connecticut joined a coalition of state attorneys general filing a notice in Character Technologies, Inc.’s bankruptcy proceedings, raising concerns about the company’s safety and privacy practices and the sensitive information it holds. The states seek protections for children and consumers if the company’s business or assets are sold or transferred; the filing does not impose a fine or other remedy.
Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Counsel Claire Coleman petitioned PURA to review how Connecticut public utilities use artificial intelligence, citing potential data privacy and cybersecurity risks, algorithmic errors, and misleading outputs. The petition asks PURA to examine utility AI systems, safeguards, vendors, and data security practices; it does not report a finding of violation or an imposed penalty.
$2.0M
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced a settlement with RZ Smoke, Inc. over allegations that it distributed and sold high-potency cannabis products without a state license. The stipulated judgment is $2 million, with $375,000 payable to the State and $1.6 million suspended to ensure compliance; the company is barred from specified cannabis activities in Connecticut unless licensed.