2012 Press Releases
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ADVISORY: Triad Conference Scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1, Postponed
The annual Connecticut Triad conference, “No Excuse for Financial Abuse,” scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Riverfront Community Center, 300 Welles Street, Glastonbury, is cancelled for weather-related reasons. It will be rescheduled at a later date.
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Connecticut Agencies Protest ISO New England Budget Increases
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority today filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission against ISO New England Inc.’s proposal to increase its budget, paid for by electric customers, by nearly 10 percent.
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Attorneys General Challenge Google On New Privacy Policy
Attorney General George Jepsen joined with attorneys general of 36 states and territories today in raising strong concerns about a new privacy policy by Google, Inc., scheduled to take effect March 1 for all users of Google products and services.
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Attorney General Urging New Standards on Pollutants that Contribute to Asthma
Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with the Attorneys General of eight other states in urging federal regulators to adopt new standards for fine particulate matter, a type of air pollutant that contributes to respiratory symptoms and diseases, such as asthma.
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Attorney General George Jepsen asked state utility regulators Tuesday to require Northeast Utilities and Boston-based NSTAR to demonstrate how their proposed merger is in the public interest.
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Attorney General Jepsen Elected Eastern Region Chair of National Association of Attorneys General
Attorney General George Jepsen today was elected chair of the Eastern Region of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG).
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Statement of Attorney General George Jepsen Concerning House Speaker Chris Donovan
"I am deeply troubled by the allegations in the arrest warrant affidavit that conduit contributions to Speaker Donovan’s congressional campaign were made with the intent to directly influence legislation."
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Connecticut Benefits From Settlement With WellCare on Medicaid Fraud Charges
Attorney General George Jepsen and Social Services Commissioner Roderick Bremby said Connecticut stands to receive $1.56 million from a Medicaid fraud settlement with WellCare, a Florida-based health maintenance organization.
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Connecticut electric ratepayers will benefit from $5 million through a settlement between the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc., Attorney General George Jepsen, Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz and Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Chairman Arthur House announced today.
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Connecticut Joins Multistate Effort Pushing For Federal Standards on Methane Emissions
Attorney General George Jepsen and state Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel C. Esty said Connecticut has joined six other states in notifying the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) they intend to sue, if necessary, to prompt agency action on methane gas emissions from new and existing sources of the greenhouse gas.
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Connecticut Joins Settlement Agreement With Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Attorney General George Jepsen said that Connecticut has joined with other states and the federal government to settle allegations that Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BIPI), paid kickbacks and engaged in off-label marketing campaigns that improperly promoted four drugs: Atrovent, Combivent, Micardis and Aggrenox.
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Statement of Attorney General Jepsen on Federal Appeals Court Defense of Marriage Act Ruling
“Discrimination based on sexual orientation has no place in our society or under our laws."
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Statement of Attorney General George Jepsen on Massachusetts Agreement In Proposed NU-NSTAR Merger
“We will carefully review the Massachusetts agreement, but that agreement has little bearing on whether the proposed merger is in the public interest in Connecticut. NU and NSTAR still must prove that Connecticut customers will be better off as a result of the merger."
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Statement of Attorney General George Jepsen About Lawsuit Filed Against the State in Sandy Hook Shooting
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Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on Board of Regents for Higher Education
"In a similar situation, this office concluded in 2010 that the then State University System Board of Trustees could not delegate its statutory responsibility to remove a University President and that such action taken without that Board’s approval was without legal authority."