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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.
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Attorney General Jepsen Calls for “Meaningful” Penalties on CL&P In Wake of Poor Storm Response
Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) was imprudent in its preparation for and response to Tropical Storm Irene and the October Nor’easter and should face meaningful penalties, according to Attorney General George Jepsen in a brief filed today in the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) investigation into utility companies’ responses to the two storms.
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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.
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Attorney General George Jepsen has asked a Seattle, WA company for more information about certain property tax appeal services offered to Connecticut consumers after complaints were raised about the company in New Britain.
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Attorney General George Jepsen said Monday that his Office is again seeking to recover incarceration costs from the state pension of Richard Straub, a former state probation officer convicted of sexually abusing eight juveniles under his charge, and later convicted of attempted murder for hire of a state prosecutor.
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Attorney General George Jepsen said today that payment claim forms are going out to thousands of Connecticut borrowers whose homes were lost to foreclosure between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2011, and who may be eligible for payment under the $25 billion National Mortgage Foreclosure settlement.
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Attorney General George Jepsen said today that Wells Fargo & Co. has changed its practices for handling subpoenas containing personal information of more than one person and has agreed to enhanced consumer protections for those customers whose information was disclosed.Attorney General George Jepsen said today that Wells Fargo & Co. has changed its practices for handling subpoenas containing personal information of more than one person and has agreed to enhanced consumer protections for those customers whose information was disclosed.
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Attorney General Reminds Residents that Price Gouging on Consumer Items, Energy Resources Prohibited
Attorney General George Jepsen is reminding residents and retailers that state law prohibits price gouging on consumer items and energy resources during the current civil preparedness emergency in Connecticut.
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Attorney General Says Groupon Has Changed Voucher Expiration Disclosures to Purchasers
Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that Groupon, Inc., has improved the consumer disclosure information on discount vouchers sold nationwide after his office raised concerns about the expiration of discount deals.
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Attorney General George Jepsen today announced an agreement with online retail broker TD Ameritrade as part of a multistate investigation into potential violations of antitrust law in the retail securities brokerage industry. The agreement with TD Ameritrade marks the second resolution that the Attorney General and his partner states have reached in their ongoing investigation.
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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.
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Treasurer Nappier and AG Jepsen Applaud Supreme Court Decision in Class Action Case
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Attorney General: Connecticut Joins 21 States in Partial Settlement with Tobacco Companies
Attorney General George Jepsen announced that Connecticut has joined 21 other states in a partial settlement with the major tobacco companies of a dispute dating from 2006 regarding payments to the states under the 1998 tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA).