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• Mortgage Review Assistance Available Jan. 19-21 For Bank Of America Customers

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Banking Commissioner Howard F. Pitkin announced today that Bank of America is hosting free mortgage assistance reviews in Hartford and Bridgeport for customers who are having trouble paying their mortgage loans.

• Attorney General Files Agreement to Revoke Pension of Former Oxford Tax Collector Convicted on Felony Larceny Charge

  Under an agreement filed in Superior Court today, a former tax collector for the town of Oxford who pleaded guilty to a felony larceny charge in July will have her municipal pension revoked in full, Attorney General George Jepsen said.

• Attorney General, Consumer Counsel Say CL&P Customers To Benefit From Safer, More Reliable Underground Distribution Systems

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz said all Connecticut Light & Power Co. customers will benefit from a final decision today by state utility regulators following their safety investigation of an underground electric distribution system in Waterbury.

• Attorney General, Consumer Counsel Alert Consumers To Lower Electric Rates

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz are alerting consumers to new lower electric generation rates that take effect Jan. 1, 2013 for residential and business customers of Connecticut Light & Power Co. and United Illuminating Co.

• Attorney General, Consumer Protection Commissioner: Voluntary Agreements Reached with Five “Gifting Table” Scheme Participants

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein today announced that five former participants in an alleged illegal pyramid scheme will forfeit a total of $202,500 through voluntary compliance agreements reached with the state.

• Attorney General Continues Work On Banking Issues Responsible For Financial Crisis

  Attorney General George Jepsen joined other Attorneys General this week to continue work on their investigation into issues that contributed to the nation’s financial crisis and were not resolved by the historic $25 billion mortgage foreclosure settlement with the nation’s largest banks.

• AG Supports NRC Decision Ordering Staff to Conduct Environmental Study on Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage

  Attorney General George Jepsen said today that he supports a federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission order to its staff to develop an environmental impact statement (EIS) and a revised waste confidence rule on the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel.

• Attorney General Jepsen Appoints New Executive Assistant For Press And Communications

  Attorney General George Jepsen is pleased to announce that Jaclyn M. Falkowski has joined the Office as Executive Assistant for Press and Communications.

• Attorney General Congratulates Winner Of Law Day Essay Contest

  Attorney General George Jepsen today congratulated Jonathan Tinker, 14, of Hillcrest Middle School in Trumbull for writing his way to first place in the 19th annual Law Day essay contest sponsored by the Office of the Attorney General.

• Consumer Counsel, Attorney General Urge Regulators To Appoint Independent Utility Pole Administrator

  Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz and Attorney General George Jepsen are urging state utility regulators to appoint an independent, statewide administrator with management and oversight authority over Connecticut’s network of utility poles.

• Office Of The Attorney General Settles Public Finance Lawsuits Against Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, And Fitch

  The Office of the Attorney General today announced settlements with the three major credit rating agencies, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch, Inc., resolving claims that the companies allegedly misrepresented the meaning of their public bond credit ratings and unfairly gave lower credit ratings to public bonds.

• Statement By Attorney General George Jepsen On SEBAC’s Request To Investigate

• Statement By Attorney General George Jepsen Concerning Review Of Utility Actions

  Attorney General Jepsen issued this statement at the Governor’s noon briefing on storm recovery efforts.

• Apple, Publishing Companies Charged With Illegal Price-Fixing Scheme in Marketing of eBooks

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that 16 states, led by Texas and Connecticut, have filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Texas alleging Apple Inc. (Apple), and publishing companies Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (Macmillan), Penguin Group (USA), Inc. (Penguin) and Simon & Schuster engaged in an anticompetitive price-fixing scheme for marketing electronic books.

• Statement By Attorney General George Jepsen Concerning Supreme Court Decision In Aep V. Connecticut