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• Attorney General Congratulates Winner Of Law Day Essay Contest

  Attorney General George Jepsen today congratulated Jonathan Tinker, 14, of Hillcrest Middle School in Trumbull for writing his way to first place in the 19th annual Law Day essay contest sponsored by the Office of the Attorney General.

• Attorney General, Banking Commissioner Issue Public Service Announcements to Help Distressed Homeowners

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Banking Commissioner Howard F. Pitkin have issued public service announcements aimed at helping distressed homeowners in Connecticut who are having trouble with their mortgages.

• Attorney General, Banking Commissioner Alert Consumers to Debt Collection Scams

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Banking Commissioner Howard F. Pitkin are alerting consumers about misleading scam debt collection practices and what they can do to protect themselves.

• Attorney General Announces Reimbursements To Former Commercial Customers of Waste Disposal Companies

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that reimbursement checks totaling approximately $166,000 have been mailed to former commercial customers of Automated Waste Disposal Inc. and Thomas Refuse Services, Inc.

• Attorney General Announces $25 Billion Joint Federal-MultiState Settlement on Mortgage Foreclosure Servicing Wrongs

  Attorney General George Jepsen, a member of the negotiating team, joined Thursday in the national announcement of a landmark $25 billion joint federal-multistate agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers over foreclosure abuses and fraud, and unacceptable nationwide mortgage servicing practices.

• Attorney General and Consumer Counsel Urge Regulators To Clarify Standard of Review For Proposed NU/NSTAR Merger

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz have asked state utility regulators to clarify that Northeast Utilities and Boston-based NSTAR must show their proposed merger is in the public interest in order to gain state approval.

• Apple, Publishing Companies Charged With Illegal Price-Fixing Scheme in Marketing of eBooks

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that 16 states, led by Texas and Connecticut, have filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Texas alleging Apple Inc. (Apple), and publishing companies Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (Macmillan), Penguin Group (USA), Inc. (Penguin) and Simon & Schuster engaged in an anticompetitive price-fixing scheme for marketing electronic books.

• AG, DSS Caution Consumers About Postal Scam Involving Government Checks, Sweepstakes Prizes

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services Commissioner Roderick Bremby are cautioning consumers about a postal scam involving fraudulent sweepstakes award notifications accompanied by a bogus government check bearing the State of Connecticut seal and purporting to be from the Department of Social Services.

• Benefits of National Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement Moving Forward in Connecticut

  Attorney General George Jepsen said the programs of benefits resulting from the $25 billion mortgage foreclosure servicing settlement are moving forward in Connecticut, including $119 million in loan modifications and $36 million in refinancing relief.

• Broad Coalition Seeks Changes in Federal Incentives For Utility Transmission Construction

  A broad coalition of attorneys general, state regulators, consumer advocates, consumer-owned utilities and major national and regional environmental groups has joined Attorney General George Jepsen and Kevin DelGobbo, chairman of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in urging federal regulators to stop providing expensive and unnecessary “incentives” to encourage construction of new, high-voltage transmission facilities.

• Connecticut Joins $181 Million Settlement With Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William Rubenstein announced today that Connecticut has joined a $181 million dollar settlement agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson.

• Connecticut Joins $90 Million Settlement with GlaxoSmithKline, Resolves Claims of Deceptive Marketing of Diabetes Drug

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein announced today that Connecticut has joined a $90 million multistate settlement with GlaxoSmithKline LLC to resolve allegations that the pharmaceutical company unlawfully promoted its diabetes drug, Avandia.

• Attorney General Expands Outreach Efforts With Antitrust Seminar for Government Agencies

  Attorney General George Jepsen continued outreach efforts by his Office by hosting an antitrust seminar designed to help state and municipal purchasing authorities avoid being victimized by antitrust and competition-related schemes and to save taxpayer money.

• Merrill & Jepsen Collect $1.3 Million in Penalties from Companies Transacting Business in Connecticut without Legal Authority

  Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that during Fiscal Year 2012, a joint effort by their offices resulted in the collection of more than $1.3 million in penalties from out-of-state companies operating in Connecticut without legal authority to transact business.

• MEDIA ADVISORY: News Conference about Mortgage Assistance Event

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Banking Commissioner Howard Pitkin will announce details for the fourth, state-sponsored homeowners’ mortgage assistance event scheduled for Wednesday, November 28, at the Conference Center at CoCo Key in Waterbury.