2016 Press Releases

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• 1/12/2016 Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on Comments from Volkswagen CEO at Detroit Auto Show

  "The time for empty apologies and hollow pledges of cooperation is over. It's up to Volkswagen to live up to its promises and obligations to consumers – and that starts by being honest with the American public, providing regulators with requested documents and coming clean on how they intend to address the very real problems with their vehicles."

• 3/7/2016 Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on US Supreme Court Cert Denial in Apple eBooks Appeal

  "In 2013, the District Court ruled that Apple conspired to restrain the marketplace for eBooks. Today's denial is welcome news for consumers – it affirms an important antitrust ruling that Apple orchestrated a conspiracy among publishers to raise eBook prices and clears the way for consumers to receive the relief guaranteed them under the settlement."

• 1/8/2016 State Web site Fights Waste, Fraud and Abuse: Public’s Help Needed

  The State of Connecticut has launched a website to help its efforts at fighting fraud, waste and abuse that cost state programs tens of millions of dollars each year.

• 2/24/2016 AG Jepsen Announces Multistate Settlements with Natixis and Societe Generale over Anticompetitive Municipal Bond Derivatives Scheme

  Several Connecticut municipalities and nonprofit organizations are expected to benefit from multimillion-dollar settlements with Natixis Funding Corp. and Societe Generale, S.A. that resolve allegations that the companies engaged in fraudulent and anticompetitive conduct in municipal bond derivative transactions with governments and organizations around the country, Attorney General George Jepsen announced today.

• 6/24/2016 AG Jepsen Assumes Presidency of National Association of Attorneys General

  Attorney General George Jepsen was formally elected president of the National Association of Attorneys General at a ceremony held last evening during the organization's Summer Meeting, which was held this week in Burlington, Vt.

• 3/22/2016 AG Jepsen, Commissioner Harris: State Reaches Settlement Providing Restitution to Conn. Snow Removal Subcontractors

  A New York-based property management company will provide $187,095 restitution to its Connecticut subcontractors and will pay a $50,000 civil penalty to the state of Connecticut under a settlement agreement resolving an investigation into the manner in which it calculated bonuses owed to its subcontractors, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan A. Harris said today.

• 9/23/2016 AG Jepsen: Conn. Joins Antitrust Lawsuit over Allegations that Drug Company Illegally Blocked Generic Opioid Treatment from Market

  Connecticut, 34 other states and the District of Columbia filed a federal lawsuit yesterday afternoon against the makers of Suboxone, a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction, alleging that the companies engaged in an illegal scheme to block generic competitors from entering the market and cause purchasers to pay artificially high prices, Attorney General George Jepsen said.

• 2/5/2016 AG Jepsen: Connecticut Joins $470 Million Joint State-Federal Settlement with HSBC to Address Mortgage Servicing and Foreclosure Abuses

  Attorney General George Jepsen announced today that Connecticut has joined a $470 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender and servicer HSBC to address mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses. Connecticut joins 48 other states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in today’s settlement.

• 5/24/2016 AG Jepsen Joins Coalition of Attorneys General Asking Congress to Fund CDC Gun Violence Research

  Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with 13 other attorneys general in asking Congressional leadership to immediately direct funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for research into the causes and prevention of gun-related injuries and death.

• 6/20/2016 AG Jepsen: Connecticut Residents to Begin Receiving Refunds from eBook Lawsuit Settlement with Apple, Inc.

  Consumers in Connecticut will begin receiving account credits or checks on Tuesday, June 21, through the settlement of the eBook price-fixing lawsuit against Apple, Inc. brought by Attorney General George Jepsen and 32 other states in 2012.

• 3/8/2016 AG Jepsen: State Enters Settlement with Tolland Psychiatrist Resolving False Claims Allegations

  A Tolland psychiatrist will pay $404,798 to settle a civil False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that she submitted false claims for payments to Connecticut's Medicaid program. The resolution stems from a lawsuit and settlement agreement approved yesterday by a Hartford Superior Court judge, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.

• 8/8/2016 AG Jepsen: States Reach $100M Settlement with Barclays for LIBOR Manipulation

  Under a $100 million multistate settlement agreement, Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. will pay $93.35 million in restitution to government and nonprofit entities for its manipulation of a benchmark interest rate in the lead up to and early days of the financial crisis, Attorney General George Jepsen announced today.

• 3/30/2016 Attorney General, DCP: Multistate Action Settles Claims against Two Sham Cancer Charities

  Two nationwide sham cancer charities have been dissolved and their president is banned from profiting from any charity fundraising in the future under a settlement reached with Connecticut, all 49 other states, the District of Columbia and the Federal Trade Commission, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan A. Harris announced today.

• 5/25/2016 Attorney General Issues Proposed Final Decision in ECHN, Prospect Hospital Conversion Application

  The Connecticut Office of the Attorney General today issued its proposed final decision on the application for a joint venture between the Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Inc. and Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. The proposed final decision approves the transaction, but places certain conditions on its approval.

• 6/24/2016 Attorney General Issues Proposed Final Decision in Greater Waterbury Health Network, Prospect Hospital Conversion Application

  The Connecticut Office of the Attorney General today issued its proposed final decision on the application for a joint venture between the Greater Waterbury Health Network, Inc. and Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. The proposed final decision approves the transaction, but places certain conditions on its approval.