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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.
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Attorney General Jepsen Offers Tips for Consumers During National Consumer Protection Week
This week – March 2 through March 8 – marks National Consumer Protection Week: a nationwide campaign to encourage individuals to take full advantage of their consumer rights and to be better-informed. Today, Attorney General George Jepsen offered Connecticut consumer several tips to help protect their personal and financial information.
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Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan A. Harris announced today that the Joseph J. Mottes Company and the Becker Construction Company have voluntarily agreed to stop selling material or product containing aggregate from Becker's Quarry in Willington for use in residential concrete foundations in Connecticut until June 2017. The state investigation into deteriorating foundations in eastern Connecticut continues.
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Media Advisory: Tuesday: Attorney General Joins Picket Lines
On Tuesday, July 17, the Attorney General will show his support for striking health care workers at picket lines in Danbury, Stamford, Westport and Milford. Caregivers at five HealthBridge nursing homes in Connecticut began strikes on July 3 over unfair labor practices after the company ended negotiations and implemented what it claimed was its “last, best and final” offer.
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Attorney General Jepsen Testifies in Support of Hospital Facility Fee Legislation
Attorney General George Jepsen today testified in support of legislation he authored seeking greater disclosure to patients of hospital facility fees. Over the last several months, he testified, nearly 70 complaints have been filed with his office from Connecticut patients who were surprised to learn that the medical services they received at a physician’s office had triggered a hospital facility fee.
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Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that Connecticut has joined 48 other states and the District of Columbia in a $125 million settlement with biopharmaceutical company Cephalon and its affiliated companies, including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and Barr Laboratories. The settlement resolves allegations of anticompetitive conduct by Cephalon concerning its drug, Provigil.
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Media Advisory: News Conference on Mortgage Assistance Event
U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Banking Commissioner Howard Pitkin will announce details of the third, state-sponsored homeowners’ mortgage assistance event scheduled for Tuesday, July 10 at the University of Connecticut Student Union in Storrs.
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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.
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Attorney General Leads National Effort To Extend Tax Relief for Distressed Homeowners
Attorney General George Jepsen is leading a national effort by state attorneys general who are urging Congress to extend tax relief for consumers who have mortgage debt canceled or forgiven because of financial hardship or a decline in housing values.
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Attorney General Joins “Stop the Texts” Day National Campaign
Attorney General George Jepsen today joined the nationwide “Stop the Texts Day” campaign in a continuing effort to educate young drivers about the dangers of texting while driving. May is National Youth Traffic Safety Month.
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Attorney General George Jepsen today joined a national public service campaign featuring scenes from the award-winning television series “Glee” to help educate young adult drivers on the dangers of texting while driving.
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Attorney General Joins National Effort To Keep Smoking Out of Movies Targeted At Youth
Attorney General George Jepsen has joined attorneys general in 37 states and U.S. territories in urging movie studio executives to get smoking out of movies aimed at teenagers and young adults because it is a negative influence that encourages them to smoke.
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Attorney General Joins Multistate Settlement With Skechers USA, Over Deceptive Advertising Charges
Attorney General George Jepsen said Connecticut has joined with the Federal Trade Commission, 42 states and the District of Columbia in coordinated settlement agreements with Skechers USA, Inc. over allegations of deceptive advertising for certain athletic shoes.
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Attorney General Joins Multi-State Effort To Defend Federal Mercury Emissions Standards
HARTFORD –Attorney General George Jepsen joined today with attorneys general of 10 other states and the District of Columbia seeking to defend an air emissions rule that would reduce the amount of toxic mercury discharged by electric power plants by 90 percent.
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Attorney General Jepsen to eBook Purchasers: Settlement Credit Notification Process has Begun
Attorney General Jepsen today advised Connecticut residents who may have purchased certain eBooks that the notice process is underway in a $69 million national settlement with publishers announced earlier this year. Approximately $1.3 million of the settlement will be allotted to Connecticut consumers, if the settlement is approved by the court.