2018 Press Releases

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• 2/16/2018 Attorney General Reaches False Claims Act Settlement with Mass. Laboratory over Medically Unnecessary Drug Tests

  A Massachusetts-based clinical laboratory will forfeit $656,912 and be excluded from participation in Connecticut's Medicaid program for 10 years as part of a settlement agreement with the state, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said today.

• 2/16/2018 Gov Malloy AG Jepsen and Commissioner Klee Statements on the EPAs Denial of Clean Air Petition

• 1/17/2018 Conn. and NY Sue Federal EPA over Failure to Control Ozone Pollution from Upwind States

  The states of Connecticut and New York have filed a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its administrator, Scott Pruitt, over the agency's failure to adequately control ozone pollution from other states that negatively impacts air quality in the two downwind states, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• 1/16/2018 AG Jepsen: Conn. Joins Multistate Petition Asking Federal Appeals Court to Overturn FCC's Net Neutrality Repeal

  Connecticut has joined with 20 other states and the District of Columbia in asking a federal appeals court to overturn the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rollback of net neutrality rules, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• 1/2/2018 Statement from AG Jepsen on State Treasurer Nappier's Announcement

  "It has been an honor to have known Denise Nappier personally and professionally for nearly 40 years."