U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has commended the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that the Sackler family — who own Purdue Pharma in Stamford — can’t use the drug company’s bankruptcy to settle opioid lawsuits.

New York can for now continue to enforce a sweeping new law that bans guns from "sensitive places" such as schools, playgrounds and Times Square, the Supreme Court said Wednesday, allowing the law to be in force while a lawsuit over it plays out.

A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a challenge to Connecticut's policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, rejecting arguments by four cisgender runners who said they were unfairly forced to race against transgender athletes.