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• Attorney General, DEP Win Contempt Order Against North Branford Junkyard Compelling Cleanup

• Attorney General, CWA Call On AT&T To Abandon New Round Of Devastating Layoffs

• Attorney General, DCP Sue CVS Pharmacies For Alleged Sale Of Expired Foods, Over The Counter Drugs

• Attorney General Deeply Disturbed By Ruocco’s Arrest, Calls For Review Of State Contracts With His Companies

• Attorney General Demands AIG Provide Bonus Amounts, Recipients, Other Information

• Attorney General, CT School Of Broadcasting Announce Agreement To Complete Classes For Current Students

• Attorney General, DCP Sue Paid Telephone Solicitor, Join In National Consumer Warning Regarding Public Safety Charity Phone Solicitations

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

• Conn. Joins $120M Settlement with General Motors over Defective Ignition Switch

  Connecticut has joined with 48 other states and the District of Columbia in a $120 million settlement with General Motors Company (GM) to resolve allegations that the company concealed safety issues related to ignition-switch defects in certain GM vehicles, Attorney General George Jepsen announced today.

• AG Jepsen: Conn. Joins Bipartisan Coalition Opposing Industry Effort to Preempt State Oversight, Enforcement on Student Loan Debt

  Attorney General George Jepsen today joined with a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from across the country in a letter urging U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to reject a campaign by the student loan servicers and debt collectors to dismantle state oversight of the student loan industry.

• Conn. Joins Multistate Lawsuit Challenging President Trump on DACA

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that Connecticut has joined with a coalition of 14 other states and the District of Columbia in suing President Donald Trump and his administration seeking to invalidate his memorandum that ends the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and to enjoin federal agencies from using information gathered through DACA in immigration enforcement efforts.

• Conn. Joins Multistate Lawsuit Defending Affordable Care Act

  Connecticut today joined with 17 other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration's decision to abruptly stop making healthcare cost-sharing reduction (CSR) subsidy payments required by the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) – a move that will put health coverage for more than six million Americans at risk while increasing costs, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• Conn. Reaches State-Federal Settlement with Hartford Dispensary to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

  The Hartford Dispensary will pay $627,000 through a federal-state settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying to federal and state officials that it had a current medical director that was performing his duties in accordance with federal and state law, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said today.

• Connecticut Leads $3.5M Multistate Settlement with Lenovo over Installation of Hacker-vulnerable Software on Laptop Computers

  Connecticut has joined with 31 other states in a settlement with technology company Lenovo (United States) Inc. to resolve allegations that the company violated state consumer protection laws by pre-installing faulty software on laptop computers sold to Connecticut consumers that made consumers' personal information vulnerable to hackers, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull said today.

• Consumer Alert: Beware Healthcare Scams during Open Enrollment

  State officials today are warning Connecticut residents to look out for scammers using federal open enrollment periods to lure consumers into buying fake health plans or otherwise obtain personal or financial information, Attorney General George Jepsen, state Department of Insurance Commissioner Katharine Wade and Jim Wadleigh, CEO of Access Health CT, said today.