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• 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.

• Environment

  This Section represents the State and the people of Connecticut to ensure that the environment is protected for the benefit of the public health and welfare. This Section provides advice and representation in state and federal administrative and court proceedings to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Department of Agriculture and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

• Clean Air Act Cases and Challenges

  This Section has been very active in representing the State of Connecticut in various actions whose goal is to improve and protect Connecticut’s air quality. These actions include lawsuits against major polluters and regulatory challenges to proposed federal rules that, instead of placing stricter controls on air emissions, would allow more pollution.

• Statement from eight attorneys general who joined in signing an amicus brief regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act

• Operation Fuel to Receive $2.5 Million in Agreement with NU

  As a result of discussions with the Attorney General, Northeast Utilities, CL&P’s parent company, has agreed to make a $2.5 million donation to Operation Fuel – a donation of historic significance to a crucial and financially strained assistance program.

• 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 Joins Challenge To Electric Transmission Rates In New England

  Attorney General George Jepsen today joined Massachusetts and other New England states in challenging the rates charged by electric transmission owners, claiming they are no longer “just and reasonable” as required by federal law.

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

• Statement by Attorney General George Jepsen concerning a draft decision today by the state Department of Public Utility Control

• North Branford Student Is Winner of Law Day Essay Competition

  Attorney General George Jepsen today congratulated 8th-grade student Zelda Galdenzi, 13, of North Branford Intermediate School for writing the top essay in the 21st annual Law Day essay competition sponsored by the Office of the Attorney General.

• 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.

• Attorney General Jepsen Seeks Protection Of Consumers In UCONN Co-Op Data Breach

• 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 Jepsen: Legislation Needed to Ensure Clear Disclosure of Facility Fees to Patients

  In order to provide patients with meaningful notice of the fees and the cost of their care, Attorney General George Jepsen today announced his intention to propose legislation that will ensure that any fees are clearly disclosed in advance of care.