Connecticut, 36 Other States Reach $17M Settlement with Google

Connecticut, with 36 other states and the District of Columbia, has reached a $17 million agreement with Google, Inc. to resolve allegations that the company circumvented default privacy settings pertaining to cookie blocking in Safari Web browsers, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein announced today.

Clean Air Improvements Anticipated From New Agreement with American Electric Power Company

Attorney General Says Help to State Homeowners Running Ahead of Earlier Mortgage Relief Estimates

Attorney General George Jepsen said Connecticut’s distressed homeowners are on track to receive significantly more mortgage relief from the $25 billion national mortgage foreclosure settlement than anticipated when the settlement was announced last year.

Attorney General Reminds Qualified Borrowers: Jan. 18 is Submission Deadline for Foreclosure Settlement Claims

Attorney General Reaches $9.9 Million Settlement With Key Defendants in Medicaid Billing Lawsuit

Attorney General George Jepsen today announced a $9.9 million settlement with Gary Anusavice of North Kingstown, R.I., and six of his management and consulting companies, settling the state’s civil fraud claims stemming from an alleged illegal Medicaid billing scheme.

Attorney General Jepsen Reaches Agreement with Penguin over eBook Price-fixing Allegations

Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that Penguin Group (USA) Inc. has entered into a settlement agreement to resolve claims asserted by Connecticut and 32 other states and territories in a lawsuit alleging price-fixing and collusion in the market for electronic books, or eBooks.

Attorney General Jepsen Names New Deputy AG, Associate Attorney General for Litigation

Attorney General George Jepsen has named Perry Zinn Rowthorn of West Hartford as Deputy Attorney General for the state of Connecticut. Current Associate Attorney General for Administration and Management Margaret Q. Chapple of Granby will assume the position of Associate Attorney General for Litigation.

Attorney General, DMV and Insurance Department Warn about Telephone Scam on Insurance Quotes

Attorney General George Jepsen, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Insurance are warning Connecticut residents about a telephone scam that is misrepresenting the DMV as providing information for automobile insurance quotes.

Attorney General: Connecticut Joins 21 States in Partial Settlement with Tobacco Companies

Attorney General George Jepsen announced that Connecticut has joined 21 other states in a partial settlement with the major tobacco companies of a dispute dating from 2006 regarding payments to the states under the 1998 tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA).

Attorney General Announces Restitution Payments From 2011 Settlement with Swiss Bank UBS AG

Attorney General: $29 Million Multistate Settlement Reached with Toyota Over Unintended Acceleration

AG Jepsen Launches New Online Complaint Form on Hospital Facility Fees

Attorney General George Jepsen today encouraged Connecticut patients who have been billed for a so-called “facility fee” without notice from their healthcare provider when receiving medical treatment, or who were told they would be charged a facility fee but were not told the amount or experienced difficulty in learning the amount of the facility fee, to submit a complaint to his office using a new form.

AG Jepsen Initiates Antitrust Lawsuit over Alleged Group Boycott, Bid Rigging in Southbury Snow Removal

Attorney General George Jepsen has initiated an antitrust lawsuit against three companies and their key executives over allegations that they engaged in an illegal boycott and bid-rigging conspiracy involving snow removal and snowplowing services for the town of Southbury.

DEEP Announces $360,000 in Funding to Seven Municipalities for Purchase of New Diesel Vehicles

Consumer Complaint Resources Available As Required By Lender Processing Services Inc. Settlement