2012 Press Releases

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• Attorney General Joins “Stop the Texts” Day National Campaign

  Attorney General George Jepsen today joined the nationwide “Stop the Texts Day” campaign in a continuing effort to educate young drivers about the dangers of texting while driving. May is National Youth Traffic Safety Month.

• Attorney General Jepsen to eBook Purchasers: Settlement Credit Notification Process has Begun

  Attorney General Jepsen today advised Connecticut residents who may have purchased certain eBooks that the notice process is underway in a $69 million national settlement with publishers announced earlier this year. Approximately $1.3 million of the settlement will be allotted to Connecticut consumers, if the settlement is approved by the court.

• Attorney General Jepsen Statement on Federal Health Care Reform Ruling

  "Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a victory for the millions of Americans who need health care, for the individuals living with medical conditions who would otherwise be denied coverage, for parents who will be able to keep their children on their insurance plan until age 26 and for seniors struggling to afford their prescription medications."

• Attorney General Jepsen Secures $69 Million Agreement with Three Major U.S. Publishers over eBook Price-fixing Allegations

  Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen along with 54 attorneys general in other states, districts and U.S. territories, announced today that they have reached an antitrust settlement with three of the largest book publishers in the United States.

• Attorney General Jepsen Completes Antitrust Investigation of Proposed Yale-New Haven, St. Raphael Merger

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that he has completed his antitrust investigation of the proposed merger of Yale-New Haven Hospital and The Hospital of Saint Raphael and will not seek to block the merger under Connecticut’s antitrust law.

• Attorney General George Jepsen Statement To The PURA About Proposed NU-NSTAR Settlement And Merger

  Good morning, and thank you for allowing me the opportunity to discuss this landmark settlement we have reached with Northeast Utilities and NSTAR. I am here to urge you to approve this settlement agreement, which assures that the merger will occur in a manner that best serves the public interest in Connecticut.

• Attorney General, Consumer Counsel Petition Regulators for Investigation of Connecticut Electric Supplier

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz today jointly petitioned the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (“PURA”) for an investigation into a Connecticut-licensed energy supplier that may have engaged in deceptive marketing tactics in soliciting customers.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Attorney General Urges Utility Regulators to Ensure Proposed NU-NSTAR Merger Benefits Connecticut Customers

  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.

• 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).

• 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."

• 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.