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• Attorney General Announces $34.25 Million Multistate Settlement With GE Funding Capital Market Services, Inc. Over Municipal Bond Derivatives Scheme

  Attorney General George Jepsen today announced a $34.25 million multistate settlement with GE Funding Capital Market Services, Inc. (“GE Funding”) as part of an ongoing nationwide investigation of alleged illegal conduct in the municipal bond derivatives industry.

• Attorney General Creates Privacy Task Force To Focus On Internet And Data Privacy Concerns

• Honorable Gloria Schaffer, Commissioner of Consumer Protection, 1991-007 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to a request by former Commissioner Heslin for an opinion of the Attorney General concerning whether a board or commission member who is disqualified from acting and voting on a particular matter because of a conflict of interest, may, for the purposes of Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-7(6), be counted in determining if a quorum of such board or commission is present to legally act.

• Attorney General, Consumer Counsel Ask Regulators To Clarify Scope Of Storm-Related Review

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz have asked state utility regulators to clarify the scope of its investigation and the procedures for review of storm-related service interruptions by public service companies.

• John B. Larson, President Pro Tempore, Cornelius O'Leary, Senate Majority Leader, 1991-016 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  The issue in this request for opinion is whether the Connecticut General Assembly can, by repealing the authorization for charitable Las Vegas Nights in Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-186a et seq., eliminate the right of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe (Tribe) to conduct a casino on its reservation in Ledyard.

• Attorney General And Federal Trade Commission Sue Branford Marketers Over Alleged Deceptive Practices

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with the Federal Trade Commission in a lawsuit against three Branford-based companies and their principal, whose Internet marketing and sales practices allegedly violate federal and state law.

• Honorable R. Michael Dunne, Department of Administrative Services, 1993-030 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your department's request for a formal opinion from this office as to whether or not Section 3-7 of the General Statutes is applicable to certain internal service/revolving funds administered by the Department of Administrative Services (DAS). Your department's request focuses on whether monies owed to the funds by other State agencies may be cancelled from the books of DAS or otherwise compromised in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-7.

• Honorable Ralph D. Lukens, Probate Court Administrator, 1993-033 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You ask in your letter to this office whether Conn.Pub.Act No. 93-435, § 87(b) violates Art. II, Conn. Const., relating to the separation of powers. You suggest that this question arises because the legislature would be imposing the UAPA rule-making procedure of the executive branch upon the probate courts.

• Attorney General Advises Consumers: Three Metropark USA Stores in State are Closing

• Honorable Rose Alma Senatore, Department of Children & Youth Services, 1993-024 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  I write to respond to your request for an advisory opinion regarding religious exemption provisions included within Connecticut's child abuse and neglect statutes. The critical statutory language is contained in Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-104 (with essentially similar language found in Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-120) which provides: "...[t]he treatment of any child by a Christian Science practitioner in lieu of treatment by a licensed practitioner of the healing arts shall not of itself constitute maltreatment."

• Attorney General Notifies Suppliers Of Abnormal Market Disruption On Energy Products

  Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has posted notice of an abnormal disruption in the market for energy resources pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Section 42-234, putting wholesalers, retailers and consumers on notice that charging unconscionably excessive prices for gasoline, heating fuels and other energy resources is prohibited.

• John R. Shears, State Teachers' Retirement Board, 1993-003 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your letter of September 11, 1992 in which you relate that the State Teachers' Retirement Board has requested an opinion of this office on the following question: Does the Veterans' Reemployment Rights Act preserve a right for persons covered by the Act to purchase retirement service credit in the State Teachers' Retirement System under the terms of the state law governing such purchases of service credit as were in effect when such persons were inducted into the Armed Forces?

• Attorney General Closes Investigation Into Connecticut Humane Society

• Reginald J. Smith, Department of Administrative Services, 1993-002 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have requested a formal opinion from this office as to whether the Department of Administrative Service's ("DAS") use of private collection agencies on a contingency fee basis would be in violation of Conn.Gen.Stat. § 4-100 or any other section of the General Statutes of Connecticut.

• Attorney General Calls Decision An Important Step In Historic Preservation