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• Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on US Supreme Court Cert Denial in Apple eBooks Appeal

  "In 2013, the District Court ruled that Apple conspired to restrain the marketplace for eBooks. Today's denial is welcome news for consumers – it affirms an important antitrust ruling that Apple orchestrated a conspiracy among publishers to raise eBook prices and clears the way for consumers to receive the relief guaranteed them under the settlement."

• Attorney General Announces $3.35 Million Multi-State Settlement With Dell For Customer Service Failures

• Attorney General Announces Christian Bernard Going-Out-Of-Business Sale Underway, Consumers Can Collect Items Brought For Repair, On Deposit

• AG Jepsen, Commissioner Harris: State Reaches Settlement Providing Restitution to Conn. Snow Removal Subcontractors

  A New York-based property management company will provide $187,095 restitution to its Connecticut subcontractors and will pay a $50,000 civil penalty to the state of Connecticut under a settlement agreement resolving an investigation into the manner in which it calculated bonuses owed to its subcontractors, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan A. Harris said today.

• AG Jepsen: Connecticut Joins $470 Million Joint State-Federal Settlement with HSBC to Address Mortgage Servicing and Foreclosure Abuses

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that Connecticut has joined a $470 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer HSBC to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses. Connecticut joins 48 other states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in today’s settlement.

• Attorney General Announces New GM Owner Has Agreed To Significant Step To Protect Consumers From Defective Vehicles

• Attorney General Applauds Obama Administration Order To Review Denial Of EPA Waiver Allowing State Regulation Of Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Pollution

• State Settles Joint State-Federal False Claims Act Investigation with Pediatric Dental Provider

  A pediatric dental provider with practices in Milford and West Haven will pay more than $1.3 million to the state and federal government to resolve allegations that he submitted false claims to Connecticut's Medicaid program for x-ray services that did not comply with state law, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• AG Jepsen Assumes Presidency of National Association of Attorneys General

  Attorney General George Jepsen was formally elected president of the National Association of Attorneys General at a ceremony held last evening during the organization's Summer Meeting, which was held this week in Burlington, Vt.

• Attorney General Announces $2.4 Million Settlement With Marsh & McLennan For Bid Rigging, Steering Insurance Consumers

• Attorney General Announces Plastic Surgeon Has Surrendered Licenses, Permanently Closing Dangerous Facility

• Attorney General Applauds Tribune Pledge To Retain Channel 61, Courant Editorial Independence

• Attorney General Seeks Information about Barnes & Noble Data Breach

  Attorney General George Jepsen said that three Barnes & Noble, Inc. stores in Connecticut were among those where hackers breached point-of-sale keypad card terminals to access personal identification numbers and credit and debit card information.

• Attorney General Praises PURA For Considering Review Of NU/NSTAR Merger

  Attorney General George Jepsen today praised state utility regulators for a draft decision that would enable a state review of the proposed merger of Northeast Utilities and NSTAR, a Boston-based utility holding company.

• Attorney General Investigating Blue Cross Blue Shield Data Breach Affecting 18,000 CT Health Care Professionals, Seeks Additional Protection For Victims