The Office of the Attorney General William Tong
Press Release Archived
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Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz today welcomed an interim decision from the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority ordering electric supplier Palmco Power CT, LLC to issue notices to all of its existing customers advising them how to immediately switch to the standard offer provided by either Eversource Energy or The United Illuminating Company.
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AG Jepsen: Conn. Taking Part in Multistate Investigation on Opioid Epidemic
Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that Connecticut is working with a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from across the country on an ongoing investigation to evaluate whether pharmaceutical manufacturers have engaged in unlawful practices in the marketing and sale of prescription opioids.
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A Stratford-based home health agency and its owners have reached a $5.25 million settlement with the state of Connecticut and the federal government to resolve allegations that the company submitted false claims to Connecticut's Medicaid program, Attorney General George Jepsen said today. The settlement stems from a three-year investigation led by the Office of the Connecticut Attorney General after an audit by the Department of Social Services.
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Statement from AG Jepsen on EPA's Repeal of Clean Power Plan
"While not unexpected, the EPA administrator's action today is disappointing nonetheless. EPA has a responsibility under the law – a responsibility affirmed by our country's highest court – to regulate carbon emissions."
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AG Jepsen, DCP: Conn. Joins $13.5 Million Multistate Settlement with Boehringer Ingelheim
Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull today announced that Connecticut is joining with 49 other states and the District of Columbia in a $13.5 million settlement with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to resolve allegations that it engaged in off-label marketing and made deceptive and misleading representations in its promotion of four prescription drugs.
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AG Jepsen: Multistate Investigations Seek Documents from Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors
Attorney General George Jepsen today said that a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general from across the country have demanded information and documents from both the manufacturers and the distributors of prescription opioid drugs.
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Attorney General George Jepsen today joined with attorneys general around the country in a letter to credit reporting firm Equifax requesting that it disable links for enrollment in fee-based credit monitoring service in the wake of the massive data breach impacting 143 million people.
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Connecticut has joined with 31 other states in a settlement with technology company Lenovo (United States) Inc. to resolve allegations that the company violated state consumer protection laws by pre-installing faulty software on laptop computers sold to Connecticut consumers that made consumers' personal information vulnerable to hackers, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull said today.
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State Files False Claims Act Lawsuit against Fairfield Dentist
Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby today announced that the state has filed a False Claims Act lawsuit against a Fairfield dentist alleging that he engaged in a long-term, pervasive scheme to defraud the state's Medicaid program.
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The state has initiated a lawsuit in Hartford Superior Court under the Connecticut False Claims Act alleging that a Fairfield County doctor and her husband, a University of Connecticut employee, engaged in a scheme designed to prescribe expensive medically unnecessary compounded medications to state employees enrolled in the state employee pharmacy benefit plan at a high cost to the state and its taxpayers, Attorney General George Jepsen said today.
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The state has initiated a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that a Norwalk-based family practitioner engaged in a pervasive and illegal scheme to defraud Connecticut's Medicaid program by submitting false claims for services never provided, Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Social Services Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby said today.
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Statement from AG Jepsen on Trial Court Ruling in Anthem, Cigna Merger Case
“This ruling vindicates healthcare consumers and providers. Connecticut was particularly at risk of diminished competition from this merger, which is why my office took a leading role in challenging it in court. I am confident that this ruling will withstand appeal."
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AG Jepsen Joins Colleagues in Opposition to President Trump's Clean Power Plan Executive Order
Attorney General George Jepsen joined other state attorneys general and chief legal officers of several counties and cities in strongly opposing the executive order signed by President Donald Trump that rolls back the federal Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan.
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AG Jepsen Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging PBMs to Implement Opioid Mitigation Programs
Attorney General George Jepsen today led a bipartisan group of attorneys general from across the country in letters to 15 health care companies that provide pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services encouraging the companies to implement programs to mitigate prescription opioid abuse.
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AG Jepsen Names Jane Rosenberg Connecticut's New Solicitor General
Attorney General George Jepsen today announced that long-time Assistant Attorney General Jane Rosenberg has been promoted within the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General to serve as an Associate Attorney General and the state's Solicitor General.