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• Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on Comments from Volkswagen CEO at Detroit Auto Show

  "The time for empty apologies and hollow pledges of cooperation is over. It's up to Volkswagen to live up to its promises and obligations to consumers – and that starts by being honest with the American public, providing regulators with requested documents and coming clean on how they intend to address the very real problems with their vehicles."

• Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on Connecticut's Antitrust Lawsuit Seeking to Block Proposed Anthem, Cigna Merger

  "Following this due diligence, it is our firm belief that, if allowed to proceed, this merger would substantially lessen competition for the provision of healthcare insurance services, in that it would have a negative impact on both the availability of competitively priced healthcare and the quality of care in the state of Connecticut."

• Attorney General, DSS Announce $3.15 Million Settlement For Off-Label Marketing Of Antipsychotic Drug Seroquel

• Attorney General Fights CL&P Effort To Block Rate Decrease

• Attorney General Finds AG Eligibility Law Constitutional, Says Courts Must Define “Active Practice Of Law”

• AG, DSS: State Reaches Settlement with Stamford-based Dentist Resolving False Claims Act Lawsuit

• Attorney General Finds CSUS Board Of Trustees Apparently Improperly Ceded Authority To Fire Presidents, Write Personnel Policies

• Attorney General Hails Guilty Plea In Predatory Lending Case, His Lawsuit Continuing

• Court Orders Restitution, Civil Penalties against Dentist, Dental Practice in Illegal Medicaid Billing Case

  A Winsted dentist and his practice were ordered to pay $717,046 in restitution and civil penalties after a Superior Court judge found his conduct violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, also known as CUTPA, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• Attorney General, Healthcare Advocate Say Revelations Of Anthem Errors In California Rate Case Warrant Review Of Rate Increases In CT

• Attorney General, Healthcare Advocate Urge Sweeping Reform Of Health Insurance Rate Approval Process

• Attorney General, In Response To State Senators’ Request, Says Legal Action Against Health Care Act May Financially Harm CT Taxpayers

• Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on US Supreme Court Cert Denial in Apple eBooks Appeal

  "In 2013, the District Court ruled that Apple conspired to restrain the marketplace for eBooks. Today's denial is welcome news for consumers – it affirms an important antitrust ruling that Apple orchestrated a conspiracy among publishers to raise eBook prices and clears the way for consumers to receive the relief guaranteed them under the settlement."

• AG Jepsen and Broad Coalition Vow Lawsuit if EPA Continues Ignoring Legal Duty to Control Methane Pollution

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined a coalition of 15 other attorneys general, the California Air Resources Board, and the Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago in notifying the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of their intention to sue the Agency. In a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the coalition provides the required notice of their intention to sue for failing to fulfill its mandatory obligation under the Clean Air Act to control methane emissions from existing oil and natural gas sources and for "unreasonably delaying" the issuance of such controls.

• Attorney General, In Written Exceptions, Urges DPUC To Reverse Draft Decision And Block CNG/Southern Layoffs That Threaten Safety and Reliability