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• 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 Jepsen Welcomes Bipartisan Federal Proposal to Curb Illegal Gun Trafficking

• Attorney General Jepsen Urges Regulators to Disallow Substantial Amount of CL&P’s 2011 Storm Recovery

  In a brief filed today, Attorney General George Jepsen asked the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to disallow at least $90 million in storm-related costs that the Connecticut Light & Power Co. is seeking to recover from ratepayers. The Attorney General asserts that certain claimed costs are improper or unjustified and that PURA should impose a substantial penalty for the company’s broadly deficient and inadequate response to Tropical Storm Irene and the October 2011 Nor’easter.

• Attorney General Jepsen to Regulators: Reject UI Application for Rate Increase

  In a brief filed with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority today, Attorney General George Jepsen said that the electric utility’s application should be rejected and, based on the evidence, UI’s distribution rates should decrease, not increase.

• State Officials Warn Connecticut Residents of IRS Phone Scam

  The Department of Consumer Protection and Office of the Attorney General continue to receive complaints and inquiries from consumers worried about telephone calls in which the caller claims to be an official from the IRS and attempts to solicit tax payments.

• Attorney General, OCC Announce FERC Has Granted Request For Investigative Hearing Of Power Market

• Attorney General Seeks Tamiflu Pricing Policies From Major Pharmacies

• Attorney General Seeks Recovery Of More Than $500,000 Apparently Illegally Diverted From State Specialty License Plate Accounts

• Attorney General Seeks Details Of Craigslist Effort To Keep Pornography, Open Prostitution Ads Off Site

• Attorney General Says Study Shows State Needs To Spend More On Anti-Tobacco Programs

• Attorney General Says So-Called Madoff Auctions Are Off After Threat Of Legal Action For Unlicensed Auctions

• Attorneys General Challenge Google On New Privacy Policy

  Attorney General George Jepsen joined with attorneys general of 36 states and territories today in raising strong concerns about a new privacy policy by Google, Inc., scheduled to take effect March 1 for all users of Google products and services.

• Connecticut Joins States Opposing “Binge In A Can” Flavored Malt Beverage

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

• Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on CMS Response to United Healthcare Terminations

  “I am deeply disappointed by CMS’s response and its continuing refusal to take concrete action to protect thousands of patients affected by United Healthcare’s terminations of Connecticut physicians."