2012 Press Releases

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• 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.

• 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.

• AG, DEEP Take Action against Suspected Illegal Discharge Of Wastewater by Car Wash in Old Saybrook

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel C. Esty have taken action to block a commercial car wash in Old Saybrook from discharging wastewater in violation of its permit and state environmental laws.

• Attorney General Jepsen Appoints New Executive Assistant For Press And Communications

  Attorney General George Jepsen is pleased to announce that Jaclyn M. Falkowski has joined the Office as Executive Assistant for Press and Communications.

• Statement of Attorney General George Jepsen Concerning the Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School

  “Connecticut has suffered a terrible blow today, the loss of so many innocent lives in a senseless act of violence. I join with the people of Connecticut in expressing my deepest sympathy to the families of the victims, and to the people of Newtown and surrounding communities who have lost so very much."

• 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.

• Attorney General, Consumer Protection Commissioner: Voluntary Agreements Reached with Five “Gifting Table” Scheme Participants

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein today announced that five former participants in an alleged illegal pyramid scheme will forfeit a total of $202,500 through voluntary compliance agreements reached with the state.

• Attorney General, Consumer Counsel Seek To Enforce Terms of Merger Settlement Agreement With NU

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz today asked state utility regulators to compel Northeast Utilities to respond to questions about layoffs and staffing levels at NU following its merger with NSTAR, as required by the Settlement Agreement.

• Attorney General, Consumer Counsel Say CL&P Customers To Benefit From Safer, More Reliable Underground Distribution Systems

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz said all Connecticut Light & Power Co. customers will benefit from a final decision today by state utility regulators following their safety investigation of an underground electric distribution system in Waterbury.

• Attorney General, Consumer Counsel Credit State Regulators for Quick Response on NU-NSTAR Motion

  Acting in response to a motion filed Tuesday by the Attorney General and the Consumer Counsel, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has ruled that Northeast Utilities and NStar “must demonstrate that the proposed merger is in the public interest in order to gain PURA approval.”