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• Attorney General Leads Multistate Coalition Challenging Standard & Poor’s Ratings

• 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).

• Attorney General Jepsen to PURA: Aquarion Proposed Rate Increase Excessive, Unwarranted

  Attorney General George Jepsen has asked the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to reject an application from the Aquarion Water Company of Connecticut that would increase customer rates by $33 million over three years.

• Attorney General Jepsen Reaches Agreement with Penguin over eBook Price-fixing Allegations

  Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that Penguin Group (USA) Inc. has entered into a settlement agreement to resolve claims asserted by Connecticut and 32 other states and territories in a lawsuit alleging price-fixing and collusion in the market for electronic books, or eBooks.

• Attorney General Jepsen Reaches Agreement with Macmillan over eBook Price-Fixing Allegations; Prior Settlements Approved

• Attorney General Jepsen Names New Deputy AG, Associate Attorney General for Litigation

  Attorney General George Jepsen has named Perry Zinn Rowthorn of West Hartford as Deputy Attorney General for the state of Connecticut. Current Associate Attorney General for Administration and Management Margaret Q. Chapple of Granby will assume the position of Associate Attorney General for Litigation.

• Attorney General, DMV and Insurance Department Warn about Telephone Scam on Insurance Quotes

  Attorney General George Jepsen, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Insurance are warning Connecticut residents about a telephone scam that is misrepresenting the DMV as providing information for automobile insurance quotes.

• Attorney General, DCP: Don’t Believe Viral Emails Suggesting Cell Phone Numbers will “Go Public”

• Attorney General: Connecticut Homeowners Continue To Benefit from National Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement

  Attorney General George Jepsen said Connecticut’s distressed homeowners continue to benefit from first lien principal reductions and other mortgage relief programs resulting from the $25 billion national mortgage foreclosure settlement announced last year.

• Attorney General Announces $7 Million Multistate Settlement With Google Over Street View Collection of WiFi Data

• Attorney General: 6,300 Homeowners Helped By National Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement

  Attorney General George Jepsen today called the $25 billion mortgage foreclosure settlement with the nation’s five largest mortgage loan servicing companies a “tremendous success” for providing mortgage relief benefits of approximately $450 million to nearly 6,300 Connecticut borrowers.

• Agreement Reached with Branford Daycare Facility Will Provide Full Consumer Refunds, Resolve Tax Obligations

• AG Jepsen: Banks Face Four New Performance Tests under National Mortgage Settlement

  The five mortgage servicers included in the National Mortgage Settlement must better address loan modifications, single points of contact with borrowers and billing statement accuracy under four new servicing standard tests, the settlement Monitor announced today.

• Consumer Advisory: Consumer Counsel and Attorney General Warn Electric Customers about Providing Account Data over the Phone

• Connecticut Joins Global Settlement Resolving Health Care Fraud Allegations against CareFusion Corporation

  Attorney General George Jepsen, Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane and Department of Social Services Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby today announced that Connecticut has joined with other states and the federal government in a global settlement with CareFusion Corporation to resolve allegations of unlawful marketing practices in promoting the sale of Chloraprep, a surgical preparation solution.