Overview
After Connecticut issued a cease-and-desist, the United States (through the DOJ) and the CFTC sued the state as part of a multi-state preemption offensive, filed April 2, 2026 in the District of Connecticut alongside the parallel suits against Arizona and Illinois. The complaint is captioned The United States of America; and Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. State of Connecticut; Ned Lamont (Governor), Attorney General William Tong, and Consumer-Protection/Gaming-Division officials, and seeks a declaration of exclusive federal jurisdiction plus an injunction against enforcement. No permanent injunction or final judgment has been confirmed on the docket: an earlier report of a ~May 2026 injunction could not be verified, and the only injunctive relief the CFTC actually secured in this April trio was a temporary restraining order in the separate Arizona matter, not Connecticut. Treat this case as pending. (Caption + docket confirmed against the CFTC complaint PDF: D. Conn. No. 3:26-cv-00498.)