Press Release Archived

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• Attorney General, DSS Announce $3.15 Million Settlement For Off-Label Marketing Of Antipsychotic Drug Seroquel

• Attorney General Fights CL&P Effort To Block Rate Decrease

• Apple, Publishing Companies Charged With Illegal Price-Fixing Scheme in Marketing of eBooks

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that 16 states, led by Texas and Connecticut, have filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Texas alleging Apple Inc. (Apple), and publishing companies Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (Macmillan), Penguin Group (USA), Inc. (Penguin) and Simon & Schuster engaged in an anticompetitive price-fixing scheme for marketing electronic books.

• AG, DSS Caution Consumers About Postal Scam Involving Government Checks, Sweepstakes Prizes

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services Commissioner Roderick Bremby are cautioning consumers about a postal scam involving fraudulent sweepstakes award notifications accompanied by a bogus government check bearing the State of Connecticut seal and purporting to be from the Department of Social Services.

• Attorney General Questions Fed Program That Steers Up To $400 Million To Big Three Raters, Asks Fed To Reconsider

• Attorney General, Public Safety Commissioner Issue Warning To Vendors About State Fireworks Prohibition

• Attorney General, Public Health Immediately Suspend Plastic Surgeon’s License

• Attorney General, 15 Other States Seek To Intervene In Support Of EPA Finding That CO2 Is Health Hazard

• Attorney General Disappointed DPUC Failed To Further Decrease Aquarion Water Rate Increase

• Attorney General, DSS Announce $1.115 Million Recovery From RG Pharmacy For Billing Fraud

• Attorney General, Banking Commissioner Issue Public Service Announcements to Help Distressed Homeowners

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Banking Commissioner Howard F. Pitkin have issued public service announcements aimed at helping distressed homeowners in Connecticut who are having trouble with their mortgages.

• Attorney General, Banking Commissioner Alert Consumers to Debt Collection Scams

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Banking Commissioner Howard F. Pitkin are alerting consumers about misleading scam debt collection practices and what they can do to protect themselves.

• Attorney General Renews Call For Legislation Requiring Licensing, Background Checks Of Waste Haulers, Prohibiting Abusive Contracts

• Attorney General Asks DPUC To Reject Southern CT Gas Rate Increase, Instead Slash Rates By Several Million

• Attorney General Raises Privacy Concerns About Facebook’s “Tag Suggestions” Feature