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• Connecticut Joins Settlement Agreement With Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

  Attorney General George Jepsen said that Connecticut has joined with other states and the federal government to settle allegations that Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BIPI), paid kickbacks and engaged in off-label marketing campaigns that improperly promoted four drugs: Atrovent, Combivent, Micardis and Aggrenox.

• MEDIA ADVISORY

  News Conference 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 26, 2012 Webster Bank Arena, 600 Main Street, Bridgeport

• Governor Malloy, Attorney General Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Katz announce agreement with Northeast Utilities and NSTAR

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen, and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz today announced an agreement with Northeast Utilities and Boston-based NSTAR that guarantees substantial benefits to Connecticut residents from the proposed merger of the two utility companies.

• First Adoption Under New Law Takes Place in Willimantic

  Attorney General George Jepsen and Commissioner Joette Katz, Department of Children and Families, said an adoption of a teenage boy finalized Monday in the Superior Court for Juvenile Matters in Willimantic was the first under a new law that took effect Oct. 1.

• Federal Court Upholds Clean Air Rules Aimed at Reducing Greenhouse Gases Contributing to Global Warming

  Attorney General George Jepsen and state Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel Esty praised a federal appeals court decision today that upheld government standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions contributing to global warming.

• Attorneys General Seek Information About Data Breach at On-Line Retailer Zappos.com, Inc.

  Concerned about a recent hacking attack that may have affected more than 24 million customers, Attorney General George Jepsen, with support from eight other states, has asked Zappos.com, Inc. about its efforts to protect private customer information and its response to the breach.

• Connecticut Electric Ratepayers to Receive $5 Million Benefit through Federal Settlement with Constellation Energy

  Connecticut electric ratepayers will benefit from $5 million through a settlement between the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc., Attorney General George Jepsen, Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz and Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Chairman Arthur House announced today.

• Be Aware of Disaster Assistance Scams, Especially Related to FEMA

  Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein are warning Connecticut residents to be aware of potential scams in the coming days and weeks, especially ones in which scammers offer to help people get disaster assistance from FEMA.

• Benefits of National Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement Moving Forward in Connecticut

  Attorney General George Jepsen said the programs of benefits resulting from the $25 billion mortgage foreclosure servicing settlement are moving forward in Connecticut, including $119 million in loan modifications and $36 million in refinancing relief.

• Broad Coalition Seeks Changes in Federal Incentives For Utility Transmission Construction

  A broad coalition of attorneys general, state regulators, consumer advocates, consumer-owned utilities and major national and regional environmental groups has joined Attorney General George Jepsen and Kevin DelGobbo, chairman of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in urging federal regulators to stop providing expensive and unnecessary “incentives” to encourage construction of new, high-voltage transmission facilities.

• Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on 2nd Circuit DOMA Ruling

  “As I’ve said before, discrimination based on sexual orientation has no place in our society or under our laws. Today’s ruling is another important step toward affirming the rights of all married couples in the state of Connecticut."

• POSTPONED: “No Excuse for Financial Abuse” Attorney General Highlights Triad Annual Conference

  Attorney General George Jepsen is encouraging members of the public and social service agencies that work with seniors to attend the annual Connecticut Triad conference to learn more about financial exploitation and ways to protect against such abuse.

• Settlement Requires EPA to Update National Standards for Soot Pollution by End of the Year

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will produce updated national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) on particulate matter by December 2012 under a settlement reached with Connecticut and a coalition of 10 other states, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel Esty announced.

• Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on Board of Regents for Higher Education

  "In a similar situation, this office concluded in 2010 that the then State University System Board of Trustees could not delegate its statutory responsibility to remove a University President and that such action taken without that Board’s approval was without legal authority."

• State Cautions Residents on Charitable Giving: Beware of Potential Scams

  Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein and Attorney General George Jepsen are cautioning residents that scammers may already be seeking to exploit the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy for their own purposes.