Press Release Archived

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• Attorney General Statement On GOP Senators’ Request He Sue To Block Healthcare Reform Law

• Attorney General Statement On F&S Oil Guilty Plea In Federal Court

• Attorney General Statement On Pratt & Whitney Layoffs

• Attorney General Seeks Reconsideration Of Insurance Rate Increases, Calls Review Flawed, Incomplete

• Attorney General Outraged Over Reported $102 Million Payday For United Healthcare CEO, Urges Insurance Department To Weigh Executive Pay In Future Rate Cases

• Attorney General Pleased DPUC Reduced Connecticut Water Company Rate Request, Disappointed Cut Not Deeper

• Attorney General, OCC Seek DPUC Investigation, Suspension Of Electricity Broker For Alleged $180,000 Fraud

• Attorney General Says Credit Rating Overhaul Will Save Towns And Citizens Millions On Interest Payments

• Attorney General, DCP Sue Shelton Car Dealership Alleging Almost 300 Instances Of False Advertising

• Attorney General’s Statement On Supreme Court Ruling Limiting State Regulation Of Internet Tobacco Sales

• Attorney General, Six Other States Say Fuel Efficiency Should Be Condition Of Financial Aid To Auto Industry

• State Joins $125 Million Multistate Antitrust Settlement with Cephalon For Efforts to Delay Provigil Competition

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that Connecticut has joined 48 other states and the District of Columbia in a $125 million settlement with biopharmaceutical company Cephalon and its affiliated companies, including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and Barr Laboratories. The settlement resolves allegations of anticompetitive conduct by Cephalon concerning its drug, Provigil.

• State Officials Warn Consumers and Businesses: New Phishing Scheme Tries to Exploit Personal Information by Mimicking Employer

  Attorney General George Jepsen, Department of Revenue Services (DRS) Commissioner Kevin B. Sullivan and Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) Commissioner Jonathan A. Harris are warning consumers about a new W-2-themed phishing scheme that targets employees and even Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in an attempt to obtain personal information and other data.

• Court Orders Restitution, Civil Penalties against Dentist, Dental Practice in Illegal Medicaid Billing Case

  A Winsted dentist and his practice were ordered to pay $717,046 in restitution and civil penalties after a Superior Court judge found his conduct violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, also known as CUTPA, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• State Reaches Agreement with Amphastar Providing Rebates for State and Municipal Naloxone Purchases, Will Receive Donation of 500 Doses of Life-saving Drug from Kaléo

  The state has reached an agreement with California drug-manufacturer Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. that will provide a $6 rebate for every dose of naloxone – also known by the brand name Narcan – that is purchased by a state, municipal or local town agency in Connecticut, Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Attorney General George Jepsen announced today.