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• State Officials Offer Help to Distressed Homeowners

  Connecticut’s distressed homeowners have another opportunity to explore loan modification and foreclosure prevention options with their banks at a day-long, state-sponsored forum Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at the Conference Center at CoCo Key in Waterbury.

• AG Jepsen and 39 Attorneys General Call on FDA to Regulate E-Cigarettes

  Attorney General George Jepsen today joined with 39 attorneys general from other states and territories in urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue regulations by October 31, 2013, addressing the advertising, ingredients and sale to minors of electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes.

• Statement on Award of Contract for Special Counsel to University of Connecticut

  The Office of the Attorney General today issued the following statement announcing the award of a contract for Special Counsel to the University of Connecticut’s Special Committee.

• Attorney General Asks CT Courts To Freeze Home Foreclosures 60 Days Because Of Defective Docs

• Attorney General Asks Google If It Collected Wireless Network Data Without Permission In CT

• U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Connecticut Challenge OF NRC Rule on Storage of Spent Nuclear Reactor Fuel

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced a landmark decision by a federal appeals court that upheld a challenge Connecticut filed with New York, New Jersey and Vermont, among others, to a rule by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission that allows spent nuclear fuel to be stored at reactor sites for up to 60 years after the plants shut down.

• Connecticut Joins $1.2 Billion Settlement with Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals

  Connecticut has joined with other states and the federal government in a $1.2 billion global settlement with Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., that resolves allegations of unlawful marketing practices in promoting the sale of two antipsychotic drugs, Attorney General George Jepsen, Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane, and Department of Social Services Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby announced today.

• AG Jepsen Calls on Federal Regulators to Examine UnitedHealthcare Provider Termination

  In a letter sent today, Attorney General George Jepsen has asked federal regulators to “aggressively scrutinize” UnitedHealthcare’s decision to terminate a large number of doctors from its Medicare Advantage Plan network in Connecticut.

• Administrative Order Issued for Cleanup of English Station Site in New Haven

• Attorney General, Banking Dept. Sue Investment Firm That Earned More Than $26 Million By Fraudulently Overvaluing Assets

• Attorney General, Banking Dept. Sue To Recover $100,000 Fine For Falsified Loan Application

• Attorney General Blasts Banks For Raising Credit Card Interest Rates, Fees On Low Risk Consumers To Cover Losses, Calls On Fed To Roll Back Increases

• $40.75 Million Multi-State Settlement Reached with GlaxoSmithKline and SB Pharmco

• AG Jepsen: Connecticut Residents to Begin Receiving Refunds from EBook Lawsuit Settlements

  Consumers in Connecticut will begin receiving account credits or checks this week through the partial settlement of an eBook price-fixing lawsuit brought in 2012 by Attorney General George Jepsen and attorneys general from 32 other states.

• AG Jepsen Warns Consumers, Businesses About the Threat of Ransomware

  Attorney General George Jepsen is warning Connecticut consumers and businesses about an emerging computer virus known as "ransomware" and offering tips on how they can protect themselves from cyber-criminals as well as what to do if your computer has been infected.