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• AG Jepsen: Connecticut Joins $470 Million Joint State-Federal Settlement with HSBC to Address Mortgage Servicing and Foreclosure Abuses

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that Connecticut has joined a $470 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer HSBC to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses. Connecticut joins 48 other states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in today’s settlement.

• AG Jepsen: Connecticut Residents to Begin Receiving Refunds from eBook Lawsuit Settlement with Apple, Inc.

  Consumers in Connecticut will begin receiving account credits or checks on Tuesday, June 21, through the settlement of the eBook price-fixing lawsuit against Apple, Inc. brought by Attorney General George Jepsen and 32 other states in 2012.

• AG Jepsen Joins Colleagues in Opposition to President Trump's Clean Power Plan Executive Order

  Attorney General George Jepsen joined other state attorneys general and chief legal officers of several counties and cities in strongly opposing the executive order signed by President Donald Trump that rolls back the federal Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan.

• Administrative Order Issued for Cleanup of English Station Site in New Haven

• Statement from AG Jepsen on Equifax Data Breach

  "We will be seeking to understand the circumstances that led to the breach, the reasons for the apparent delay between the breach and the company’s public announcement, and what protections the company had in place at the time of the breach. We will be monitoring closely the company's response in order to ensure that Connecticut consumers are protected."

• AG Jepsen: Conn. Joins Bipartisan Coalition Opposing Industry Effort to Preempt State Oversight, Enforcement on Student Loan Debt

  Attorney General George Jepsen today joined with a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from across the country in a letter urging U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to reject a campaign by the student loan servicers and debt collectors to dismantle state oversight of the student loan industry.

• AG Jepsen Joins 18 Other AGs in Urging Protection for Transgender Service Members

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined in a coalition with 18 other attorneys general in expressing their opposition to President Trump's ban on transgender men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces.

• AG Jepsen: State Enters Settlement with Tolland Psychiatrist Resolving False Claims Allegations

  A Tolland psychiatrist will pay $404,798 to settle a civil False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that she submitted false claims for payments to Connecticut's Medicaid program. The resolution stems from a lawsuit and settlement agreement approved yesterday by a Hartford Superior Court judge, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• AG Jepsen: States Reach $100M Settlement with Barclays for LIBOR Manipulation

  Under a $100 million multistate settlement agreement, Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. will pay $93.35 million in restitution to government and nonprofit entities for its manipulation of a benchmark interest rate in the lead up to and early days of the financial crisis, Attorney General George Jepsen announced today.

• AG Jepsen Joins With Colleagues in Opposing Federal Rule to Subsidize Coal and Nuclear Power Plants

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined a coalition of states to oppose a notice of proposed rulemaking by the U.S. Department of Energy to subsidize aging, economically inefficient coal and nuclear power plants.

• AG Jepsen Joins With Colleagues to Protect Affordable Healthcare for Millions of Americans

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that Connecticut has joined with fourteen other states and the District of Columbia in legal action to protect healthcare access for millions of Americans by seeking to intervene in a pending lawsuit that seeks to undercut the affordability of health insurance plans under the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA).

• State Officials Announce Upcoming Mortgage Assistance Event

• State Files Suit against Former Hartford Charity Director over Allegations of Fund Misuse

  The state has filed suit against the former executive director of the now-defunct South Arsenal Neighborhood Development, Inc. over allegations that she misappropriated charitable funds in violation of state law, Attorney General George Jepsen and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein announced today.

• AG Jepsen Joins Coalition of Attorneys General Asking Congress to Fund CDC Gun Violence Research

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with 13 other attorneys general in asking Congressional leadership to immediately direct funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for research into the causes and prevention of gun-related injuries and death.

• Former Group Home Operator Agrees to Pay $1.5M to Resolve Joint State and Federal Investigation

  The state and federal government have reached a $1.5 million joint settlement with a former Connecticut group home operator to resolve allegations that the company submitted claims paid by Medicaid for interest expenses that were not allowable under the state's cost reporting guidelines, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.