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• Attorney General Urges Disclosure And Limitations On Drug Company Gifts To Doctors

• Attorney General Urges President Obama To Stand Ground On Independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency

• Attorney General Urges Scrutiny When Companies Claim That Electricity Comes From Renewable Energy Sources

• ADVISORY: Triad Conference Scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1, Postponed

  The annual Connecticut Triad conference, “No Excuse for Financial Abuse,” scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Riverfront Community Center, 300 Welles Street, Glastonbury, is cancelled for weather-related reasons. It will be rescheduled at a later date.

• Connecticut Agencies Protest ISO New England Budget Increases

  Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority today filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission against ISO New England Inc.’s proposal to increase its budget, paid for by electric customers, by nearly 10 percent.

• Gov. Malloy, State Officials and Business Executives Launch Campaign to Promote Safe Teen Driving and Reduce Distracted Driving

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, Attorney General George Jepsen, state Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) Commissioner James P. Redeker, state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Commissioner Melody A. Currey and executives from AT&T and Travelers Insurance, today kicked-off a statewide campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving by proclaiming September 19th “Don’t Text and Drive Day in Connecticut”.

• Eligible Connecticut Borrowers Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure To Receive Nearly $7 Million from National Settlement

  Attorney General George Jepsen said today that as a result of the national mortgage foreclosure servicing settlement, nearly $7 million is being distributed in Connecticut to approximately 5,000 Connecticut borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure.

• Attorney General To Continue Fight In Wake Of New England Pellet Bankruptcy

• Attorney General Sues Ring Of Companies Involved In Predatory Lending Scheme

• Attorney General Urges Special Master To Bar $100 Million AIG Bonuses, A Ban On All Bonuses To Employees Of Companies Owing Bailout Funds

• Attorney General Urges Topix.Com To Abandon “Pay-To-Police” Policy That Exploits Consumers Victimized By Abusive Internet Posts

• Attorney General, Legislative Leaders Announce Bill To Create CT-NY Commission On Long Island Sound

• Attorney General, DCP Sue Florida Mortgage Rescue Company For Allegedly Defrauding CT Homeowners

• Attorney General, DCP Announce $350,000 Countrywide Data Breach Settlement, Reimbursement To Nearly 30,000 CT Consumers For Credit Freezes

• Attorney General Praises Final DPUC Decision Effectively Rejecting UI Rate Increase