2011 Press Releases

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• Jepsen Urges State Regulators To Reject CL&P’s Plan To Replace Electric Meters

• Jepsen Says State Regulators Should Review Proposed Northeast Utilities Merger

• Landmark Antitrust Litigation Results In A $4.25 Million Settlement

• Joint Effort Benefits Consumers, Finds Nearly 330 Companies In Violation Of Requirement To Register During FY 2011

• Homeowners Mortgage Assistance Event Resources

  Attorney General Jepsen today posted resources to help homeowners prepare for the Tuesday, November 15 Homeowners Mortgage Assistance Event.

• Investigation pursuant allegations that the DMV failed to properly act on violations of law by Academy of Driving

• Full Regulatory Review Of NU Merger Needed To Protect Connecticut Consumers

• Investigation Of Sleepy’s, LLC Closed; No Evidence Of Violations Found

• Mortgage Servicing Workshop December 20 For Wells Fargo And Wachovia Customers

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Banking Commissioner Howard F. Pitkin are announcing that Wells Fargo and Wachovia customers who are having trouble paying their mortgage loans may attend a home preservation workshop the bank is hosting on Dec. 20, 2011 in Hartford.

• Mortgage Loan Borrowers Encouraged To Participate In Federal Foreclosure Review And Claims Process

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Banking Commissioner Howard F. Pitkin are encouraging Connecticut borrowers who believe they suffered financial injury because of harmful mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure practices to participate in an Independent Foreclosure Review and claims process.

• New Milford Clinical Social Worker Pays $210,000 To Settle Allegations Under the False Claims Act

• Media Advisory

• Landowner Required to Pay $282,000 Civil Penalty For Failure to Comply With Pollution Abatement Order

  Attorney General George Jepsen said that Ohio-based Cadlerock Properties Joint Venture, L.P. has been ordered to pay a $282,000 civil penalty for failing to comply with a pollution abatement order issued by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) in 1997.

• New Haven Dentist Pays $212,000 To Settle False Claims Act Allegations

  United States Attorney David B. Fein and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that KRISTI ROSSOMANDO, D.M.D. and her dental practice, The CHILDREN’S DENTAL GROUP, P.C., with offices located at 825 Grand Avenue in New Haven, have entered into a civil settlement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay $212,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.

• MEDIA ADVISORY: Attorney General Jepsen will announce a new initiative to address Internet and data privacy issues