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• Attorney General Calls For Gender Equity In Health Care Coverage

• First Adoption Under New Law Takes Place in Willimantic

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Commissioner Joette Katz, Department of Children and Families, said an adoption of a teenage boy finalized Monday in the Superior Court for Juvenile Matters in Willimantic was the first under a new law that took effect Oct. 1.

• Federal Court Upholds Clean Air Rules Aimed at Reducing Greenhouse Gases Contributing to Global Warming

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel Esty praised a federal appeals court decision today that upheld government standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions contributing to global warming.

• Attorney General, Consumer Protection Post Information Received from Sandy Hook-Related Charities

• Attorney General: CL&P Should Be Penalized in Storm Recovery Request for Withholding Critical Documents from PURA Investigation

• Attorney General Calls For Ban On Credit History As Tool For Determining Insurance Eligibility

• Attorney General Blasts $85.8 Million In Payments To Power Generators Who Delivered No Electricity

• Court Orders Finalize $25 Billion National Mortgage Servicing Settlement Agreement

  Attorney General George Jepsen said Connecticut consumers will soon benefit from direct mortgage relief and new mortgage servicing standards under terms of the $25 billion national settlement agreement with the five largest mortgage servicers.

• Consumer Education Poster Contest Highlights National Consumer Protection Week

  Attorney General George Jepsen Tuesday thanked middle-school students across Connecticut who participated in a poster contest sponsored by the Office of the Attorney General in recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, March 4-10.

• Attorney General, Consumer Protection Commissioner Seek Information for Public From Sandy Hook Charities

• Attorney General Asks Federal Regulators to Consider All Alternatives in Environmental Review of Spent Fuel Storage

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with attorneys general in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York in asking federal regulators to broaden their generic environmental impact review of spent nuclear fuel storage at nuclear power plants.

• Attorney General, Auditors Conclude DRS Failed To Safeguard Tax Info, Contributing To Loss Of 106,000 Taxpayers’ Private Financial Data In Laptop Theft

• Attorney General Asks FCC To Investigate Cablevision-MSNBC Exclusivity Deal

• Attorney General Asks Court To Compel Clean Up Of North Branford Junkyard, Will Seek Owner’s Imprisonment If He Refuses

• Connecticut Receiving $6 Million From Abbott Laboratories Settlements Over Marketing of Depakote

  Attorney General George Jepsen said Connecticut will receive approximately $6 million from federal and state civil and criminal settlements announced today with Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories over allegations the company promoted sales and use of prescription drug Depakote for uses that were not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as safe and effective.