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• National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, September 29

  Attorney General George Jepsen today joined the DEA, the state Departments of Consumer Protection and of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and the Governor’s Prevention Partnership in detailing the state’s growing prescription drug problem and encouraging state residents to take part in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by visiting a nearby collection site.

• National Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement Providing Relief to Connecticut Borrowers

  Attorney General George Jepsen said today that an interim progress report shows Connecticut borrowers getting real relief in the first months of the $25 billion national mortgage foreclosure settlement.

• Attorney General Announces Court Has Permitted State Fight Against Pratt & Whitney Layoffs

• Attorney General Announces Landmark $25.1 Million Agreement For Illegal Marketing Of Zyprexa

• Attorney General Announces Bankruptcy Court Upholds Plan To Honor Bernie’s Gift Cards, Deposits

• Attorney General Announces Claim Letters Sent To F&S Customers, Informational Website Operating

• Gerald E. Farrell, Jr., Chairman, State Marshal Commission, , 2005-016 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  As Chairman of the State Marshal Commission you have requested a formal Opinion of the Attorney General as to the following two questions: 1. Are the two ex officio, nonvoting members of the State Marshal Advisory Board, appointed pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 6-38b(a), entitled to attend executive sessions of the State Marshal Commission’s meetings? 2. If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative, are they entitled to attend all executive sessions, or are there executive sessions they are not entitled to attend? Specifically, are ex officio members entitled to attend executive sessions regarding personnel and disciplinary matters?

• Commissioner Leonard Boyle, Department of Public Safety, 2005-015 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  Your department has requested a formal opinion concerning the following questions: “What impact, if any, does the placement of a lis pendens against property (real estate) have upon the bond limit set for a properly licensed and authorized bondsman, when the property in question has been designated as an asset by the bondsman in the calculation of their authorized bond limit?”

• Theresa C. Lantz, Commissioner, Department of Correction, 2005-013 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested our advice on whether the Department of Correction should continue to follow its procedure of initiating speedy trial paperwork for an arrest warrant that has not been served. You advised us that the Court Operations Division of the Judicial Branch sent you a memorandum in which they indicate that the right to a speedy trial does not apply to an arrest warrant that has not been served

• Honorable Donald E. Williams, Jr., Senate President Pro Tempore, Honorable Martin M. Looney, Senate Majority Leader, Formal Opinion 2006-009, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have asked this Office whether Section 32-664(b) of the Connecticut General Statutes preempts the City of Hartford’s Living Wage Ordinance, Ord. No. 17-99, Art. XII, Sec. 2-761-744, as that ordinance may apply to the operations of the Marriott Hartford Downtown Hotel (the “Hotel”).

• Robert L. Genuario, Secretary, Office of Policy and Management, Formal Opinion 2006-017, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  This letter is in response to your request for a formal legal opinion as to whether $2.8 million designated for non-emergency medical transportation and vision benefits under the State-Administered General Assistance program (“SAGA”) in the recently approved state budget may be spent without further legislative action

• Robert L. Genuario, Secretary, Office of Policy and Management, 2006-002, Formal Opinion, Attorney General, State of Connecticut

  You have asked for an opinion on the following two questions: 1. Does a municipal corporation have the authority to set different mill rates for the taxation of non-vehicle personal property and real property located within the same municipal tax or sub tax district? 2. Does OPM have the authority to pursue a reimbursement, either by direct payment or by offsetting the pending claim of the City of Stamford, for grant claims it has paid based upon Grand List years 1999, 2000 and 2001?

• Raeanne Curtis, Acting Commissioner of Labor, Formal Opinion 2006-026, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  As you know, Section 31-57f of the Connecticut General Statutes provides for the payment of a standard wage rate to certain service workers employed by contractors of the state or its agents.

• Pamela B. Katz, P.E., Chairman, State of Connecticut Siting Council, Formal Opinion 2006-011, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You have requested an opinion on whether the one million dollar annual cap on assessments by the Connecticut Siting Council (“Council”) contained in Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-50v (b)(1) is a cap on assessments on individual energy companies or a cap on total assessments on the energy industry as a whole.

• Honorable Susan Bysiewicz, Secretary of the State, Formal Opinion 2006-015, Attorney General State of Connecticut

  You ask for our opinion on whether you may issue rulings on two issues that have been presented to you: (1) whether to approve the party designation "Independent Party" proposed by the Independent Party of Waterbury in connection with an anticipated gubernatorial candidacy