Press Release Archived

Page 18 of 76

• 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

• The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today in AEP v. Connecticut

• Unregistered Contractor Jailed For Violations

• Walgreens Pays $140,000 To Settle Allegations Under The False Claims Act

• States Withdraw Federal Challenge; New Rule Protects Women’s Access To Health Services

• Stipulation Reached With Google, Inc.Over Collection Of Wi-Fi Payload Data

• The Kirby Company Agrees to Change Sales Practices and Restrict In-Home Sales Demonstrations

• Attorney General, Banking Commissioner Issue Public Service Announcements to Help Distressed Homeowners

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Banking Commissioner Howard F. Pitkin have issued public service announcements aimed at helping distressed homeowners in Connecticut who are having trouble with their mortgages.