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• Attorney General Jepsen: District Court Finds Apple Violated Law in eBook Price-fixing Scheme

  A federal judge has ruled that Apple Inc. violated federal and state law in conspiring to fix prices in the market for electronic books, or eBooks, a decision that Attorney General George Jepsen today welcomed.

• Connecticut Wine v. Kentucky Country Ham Over NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship

  Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that he has agreed to a friendly wager with Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway over the outcome of tonight’s NCAA Men’s National Championship game between the University of Connecticut Huskies and the University of Kentucky Wildcats.

• Consumer Alert: AG Jepsen, DCP Advise Consumers with Delia's Gift Cards to Redeem Unused Balances Immediately

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein are advising Connecticut residents who may be holding gift cards, certificates or store credits to the retail establishment Delia's to use their gift cards as soon as possible. The company recently filed bankruptcy and has announced plans to close its stores by early next year.

• Consumer Advisory: Consumer Counsel, AG Warn Electric Supplier Customers to Check Their Rates; Thousands of Connecticut Residents Currently on Rates above 17 Cents per Kwh

• Connecticut Officials to FERC: Rehear and Investigate Protests to ISO-New England Auction Results

  State officials have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant a rehearing of a notice issued last month that allowed ISO-New England's eighth forward capacity auction (FCA 8) results to go into effect without any determination that the auction results were just, reasonable and free from the exercise of market power.

• Attorney General, Office of Health Care Access Issue Proposed Final Decisions in Waterbury Hospital, Vanguard Application

  The Connecticut Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Health Office of Health Care Access today issued their respective proposed final decisions on the application for a joint venture between the Greater Waterbury Health Network, Inc. and Vanguard Health Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare Corporation.

• 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.

• Attorney General Jepsen: Deadline to File DRAM Settlement Claim is August 1

  Attorney General George Jepsen is encouraging consumers to file claims to recover money from the $310 million Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) settlement before the quickly approaching August 1, 2014 deadline. Consumers can file claims to recover money due to the preliminary approval of multistate antitrust settlements with all the major manufacturers of DRAM for conspiring to fix their prices.

• Attorney General Jepsen Announces Initial Approval of $310 Million in Settlements to Benefit Purchasers of DRAM Memory Chips, Products

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that consumers can now file claims to recover money due to federal court preliminary approval of multistate antitrust settlements worth $310 million with all the major manufacturers of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) computer chips for conspiring to fix their prices.

• Attorney General Jepsen Asks Apple for Meeting on Watch Privacy Questions

  Apple, Inc. has billed its new Apple Watch as "the most personal device" that it has ever created, but Attorney General George Jepsen has questions about the privacy protections that the company will implement and enforce on the device.

• Attorney General Files Agreement to Revoke Pension of Former Winchester Finance Director

  Under an agreement filed in Hartford Superior Court today, the former finance director for the town of Winchester who pleaded guilty to multiple felony larceny charges for stealing at least $2 million from the town will have his pension revoked, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• Attorney General Calls For Immediate Alcoholic Energy Drink Sales Halt, Urges Makers To Provide Refunds

• Attorney General Seeks Crackdown On Companies That Misclassify Employees As Independent Contractors

• Part II: Connecticut Wine v. Indiana Beer Over NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship

  Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that he has extended a friendly wager to Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller over the outcome of tonight’s NCAA Women’s National Championship game between the University of Connecticut Huskies and the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

• Statement from AG Jepsen on PURA Draft Decision on CL&P Distribution Rate Application

  "All CL&P customers will still experience a significant increase in their rates as a result of this decision, and I anticipate filling additional comments with PURA prior to its final decision later this month, as I believe these further reductions, and possibly additional reductions, are appropriate."