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• Statement from AG Jepsen on President Trump's DACA Announcement

  "I am disappointed in President Trump's actions today. DACA is not only lawful, it is smart and compassionate public policy."

• Statement from AG Jepsen on 2018 Race for Connecticut Attorney General

  "It has been the greatest honor of my professional life to serve as Attorney General for the State of Connecticut."

• Statement from AG Jepsen on Appeals Court Ruling on President Trump’s Executive Order

  Attorney General George Jepsen today issued the following statement on the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that upholds the District Court’s temporary restraining order that has halted President Donald Trump's executive order barring individuals from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States

• Statement from AG Jepsen on EPA's Repeal of Clean Power Plan

  "While not unexpected, the EPA administrator's action today is disappointing nonetheless. EPA has a responsibility under the law – a responsibility affirmed by our country's highest court – to regulate carbon emissions."

• AG Jepsen, Adobe Reach Agreement Resolving Connecticut-Led Multistate Investigation into Unauthorized Access to Servers

  Attorney General George Jepsen joined 14 other state attorneys general today in announcing a $1 million data breach settlement with the software and technology company Adobe Systems, Inc. The settlement resolves an investigation into the 2013 breach of certain Adobe servers, including servers containing the personal information of approximately 552,000 residents of the participating states.

• Coalition of 16 Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Supporting Washington State Lawsuit against President Trump’s Executive Order

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with 15 other attorneys general in asking a federal appeals court to leave in place a temporary restraining order issued by the federal District Court in Seattle that has halted President Donald Trump's executive order barring individuals from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States.

• Attorney General Jepsen Provides Testimony in Support of Revising the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act

  Attorney General George Jepsen today provided testimony to the legislature's Judiciary Committee in support of Senate Bill 1021, An Act Revising the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, legislation that aims to prevent bankruptcy courts from ordering colleges and universities to pay back money parents or guardians had paid to send their children to college.

• Attorney General Jepsen Leads Multistate Coalition in $863M State-Federal Settlement with Moody's

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that Connecticut, the U.S. Department of Justice, 20 other states and the District of Columbia have reached a settlement agreement with Moody's Corporation, Moody's Investor Services, Inc. and Moody's Analytics, Inc. resolving allegations that the credit rating agency mislead investors when it rated structured finance securities in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis. The settlement culminates a seven-year effort led by Connecticut to hold Moody's responsible for its role in the 2008 financial crisis.

• AG Jepsen, Investigating AGs Ask Equifax to Disable Fee-based Monitoring Services, Reimburse Fees for Security Freezes

  Attorney General George Jepsen today joined with attorneys general around the country in a letter to credit reporting firm Equifax requesting that it disable links for enrollment in fee-based credit monitoring service in the wake of the massive data breach impacting 143 million people.

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

• 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.

• AG Jepsen Announces New Head of Privacy & Data Security Department

  Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that he has named Assistant Attorney General Jeremy Pearlman as head of his office's Privacy and Data Security Department.

• AG Jepsen: Conn. Joins Effort to Fight Trump Move Weakening Protections against Predatory For-profit Colleges

  Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that Connecticut has joined 18 other attorneys general in a federal lawsuit against Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the United States Department of Education that seeks to stop the department's abandonment of new rules to hold abusive colleges and universities accountable for misconduct and to relieve their students from federal loan indebtedness incurred as a result of misconduct.

• AG Jepsen, DCP Advise Customers of Meriden Heating Oil Company to Seek Alternate Supplier

  Meriden-based Ace Oil Co. has closed its doors, and customers should seek an alternate home heating oil supplier for future deliveries, Attorney General George Jepsen and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein announced today.

• AG Jepsen, Consumer Counsel Katz: PURA Approves $5M Settlement with Electric Supplier Palmco

  Under a settlement agreement approved by the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) yesterday, electric supply company Palmco Power CT, LLC will pay $5 million to the state of Connecticut and relinquish its electric supplier license for a period of five years, Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz said.