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• Settlement Reached with CVS Pharmacy LLC Prohibits Sale of Expired Products in Connecticut

• Attorney General: Facebook Has Made ‘Significant Changes’ In Response To Concerns

• The Kirby Company Agrees to Change Sales Practices and Restrict In-Home Sales Demonstrations

• Attorney General gives notice of Abnormal Disruption in Market for Energy Resources

  In light of the ongoing impacts of the recent snowstorm, including the high number of power outages at service stations throughout Connecticut, the Attorney General hereby gives notice pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-234(d) of an abnormal disruption in the market for energy resources.

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

• Consumer Counsel, Attorney General Urge Regulators To Appoint Independent Utility Pole Administrator

  Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz and Attorney General George Jepsen are urging state utility regulators to appoint an independent, statewide administrator with management and oversight authority over Connecticut’s network of utility poles.

• Consumer Alert: Ford Recalls Older-Model Windstar Minivans

• Connecticut And Eastern States Join In Support of EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

  Connecticut, joined by five other Eastern states and the District of Columbia, is seeking to intervene in support of a federal rule to control interstate air pollution, which is currently under challenge in a lawsuit before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

• Cigna Agrees To Review Chiropractic Claims Denied Improperly

• Attorney General Joins Multi-State Effort To Defend Federal Mercury Emissions Standards

  HARTFORD –Attorney General George Jepsen joined today with attorneys general of 10 other states and the District of Columbia seeking to defend an air emissions rule that would reduce the amount of toxic mercury discharged by electric power plants by 90 percent.

• Attorney General Jepsen: Impact Statement Recommending Plum Island Sale is Inadequate

  Attorney General George Jepsen said today that the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) recommending the federal government’s sale of Plum Island lacks significant critical evaluation and analysis.

• 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.

• Connecticut Electric Ratepayers to Receive $5 Million Benefit through Federal Settlement with Constellation Energy

  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.