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• AG Jepsen Announces New Head of Privacy & Data Security Department

  Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that he has named Assistant Attorney General Jeremy Pearlman as head of his office's Privacy and Data Security Department.

• AG Jepsen: Conn. Joins Multistate Brief Opposing Ban on Military Service by Transgender Individuals

  Attorney General George Jepsen today joined with 13 other states and the District of Columbia in a brief opposing the Trump Administration's plan to ban transgender individuals from military service.

• AG Jepsen, DCP: Conn. Joins $13.5 Million Multistate Settlement with Boehringer Ingelheim

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull today announced that Connecticut is joining with 49 other states and the District of Columbia in a $13.5 million settlement with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to resolve allegations that it engaged in off-label marketing and made deceptive and misleading representations in its promotion of four prescription drugs.

• AG Jepsen Joins With Colleagues in Opposing Federal Rule to Subsidize Coal and Nuclear Power Plants

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined a coalition of states to oppose a notice of proposed rulemaking by the U.S. Department of Energy to subsidize aging, economically inefficient coal and nuclear power plants.

• AG Jepsen Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging PBMs to Implement Opioid Mitigation Programs

  Attorney General George Jepsen today led a bipartisan group of attorneys general from across the country in letters to 15 health care companies that provide pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services encouraging the companies to implement programs to mitigate prescription opioid abuse.

• AG Jepsen Leads Coalition in New, Expanded Complaint in Federal Generic Drug Antitrust Lawsuit

  Attorney General George Jepsen today led 45 other attorneys general taking part in a wide-ranging multistate antitrust investigation of the generic drug industry in asking the federal court for permission to file a new complaint in the states' pending lawsuit that increases the number of generic drug manufacturer defendants from six to 18 in the case and the number of drugs at issue in the litigation from two to 15.

• AG Jepsen: Multistate Investigations Seek Documents from Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors

  Attorney General George Jepsen today said that a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general from across the country have demanded information and documents from both the manufacturers and the distributors of prescription opioid drugs.

• Cooperation Agreement Reached With Former Broker In Anticompetitive Municipal Bond Derivatives Schemes

• AG/OCC: Regulators Should Fine CL&P For Failed Repairs to Underground Distribution System in Waterbury

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz said state utility regulators should fine Connecticut Light & Power Co. for failing to correct and upgrade long-standing problems in an underground electric distribution system in Waterbury.

• Statement By Attorney General Jepsen Regarding Sebac Complaint About Emails

• Statement By Attorney General George Jepsen: Independent Management Audit Of CL&P Is Approved

  Note: The Attorney General requested an independent management audit of CL&P in a filing to PURA on Nov. 10.

• Attorney General Raises Public Health and Safety Concerns In Opposing Indian Point Relicensing Application

  Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said today he opposes relicensing two Indian Point nuclear reactors in Buchanan, N.Y. until a thorough and complete investigation is made of environmental impacts from continuing their operation for 20 years, including spent fuel storage, the potential threat to public drinking water supplies and relocating large numbers of people in the event of an accident.

• Statement by Attorney General George Jepsen about proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger

• Attorney General: PURA Agrees to Review Proposed NU/NSTAR Merger

  Attorney General George Jepsen said state utility regulators are helping to ensure that Connecticut utility customers are protected with a final decision today to review the proposed merger of Northeast Utilities and NStar, a Boston-based utility holding company.

• State Reaches $1.7 Million Settlement With Broker Over Alleged Illegal Billing And Concealed Commissions

  Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi and Attorney General George Jepsen today announced a $1.7 million settlement with a Massachusetts-based insurance broker over allegations that the company misrepresented and concealed fees and commissions, ultimately overcharging a Connecticut client millions of dollars over several years.