Press Release Archived

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• Attorney General Investigates Selection Process For Law Firms, Marshals Handling Foreclosures

• Attorney General Praises Court Decision Allowing Seizure Of Farricielli Wife’s Assets To Pay About $6 Million In Tire Pond Fines, Cleanup

• Attorney General Sues Former Wesleyan Investment Director For Misusing University Assets

• Attorney General To Fight Connecticut Water Company Rate Increase Request

• Attorney General To Lead Multistate Investigation Of Google’s Unauthorized Collection Of Data Broadcast Over WiFi Networks

• Attorney General Calls For Management Audit Of CL&P As Part Of Review By Utility Regulators

  Attorney General George Jepsen has asked state utility regulators to include an independent management audit of Connecticut Light & Power Co. as part of its review of the utility’s preparedness for and response to major outage events.

• Attorney General Calls Decision An Important Step In Historic Preservation

• Attorney General Investigates AT&T For Millions Charged To CT Ratepayers For Use Of Its Logo

• Attorney General Praises Fed For Granting Request To Open Bailout Program To More Rating Agencies, Urges Further Expansion

• Attorney General To Seek Deeper Reduction In CL&P Rate Increase

• Attorney General Urges Action To Stop Practices That Deprive Life Insurance Recipients Of Full Benefits

• Attorney General Jepsen: State Consumer Protection Claims Settled in Agreement with Volkswagen over Emissions Fraud

  Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that, under a settlement with state attorneys general, Volkswagen will pay more than $570 million for violating state laws prohibiting unfair or deceptive trade practices by marketing, selling and leasing certain diesel vehicles equipped with illegal and undisclosed emissions defeat devices designed to circumvent emissions standards.

• Court Orders Restitution, Civil Penalties against Dentist, Dental Practice in Illegal Medicaid Billing Case

  A Winsted dentist and his practice were ordered to pay $717,046 in restitution and civil penalties after a Superior Court judge found his conduct violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, also known as CUTPA, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• GOV. MALLOY, LT. GOV. WYMAN, AND ATTORNEY GENERAL JEPSEN ANNOUNCE AT-HOME DRUG DISPOSAL KITS NOW AVAILABLE AT PHARMACIES ACROSS CONNECTICUT

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, and Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that – as part of the state’s ongoing efforts to combat the misuse of opioids – 80,000 drug deactivation kits capable of safely disposing unused prescription medications have been donated to the State of Connecticut and are now available free-of-charge to residents at over 600 pharmacies throughout the state. The biodegradable Deterra drug disposal kits were donated by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and can deactivate and destroy up to 45 pills each simply by adding warm tap water and then disposing the kit in the trash.

• Merrill & Jepsen Collect $1.6 Million in Penalties from Companies Transacting Business in Connecticut Without Legal Authority

  Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that during Fiscal Year 2014, a joint effort by their offices resulted in the collection of more than $1.6 million in penalties from out-of-state companies operating in Connecticut without legal authority to transact business.