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• Attorney General Announces Winner Of Law Day Essay Competition; Posts PSA on Teen Driving Safety

  Attorney General George Jepsen today congratulated 8th grade student Megan Imperato, 13, of Western Middle School in Greenwich for her winning essay about distracted driving in the 20th annual Law Day essay competition sponsored by the Office of the Attorney General.

• Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on UI’s Intent to File for Electric Rate Increase

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

• Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on Reports of Malicious Facebook Video

• Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on Opening of Settlement Negotiations, Withdrawal of SCOTUS Petition in SEBAC Case

  “Our focus will continue to be on evaluating if funds raised in the past have been handled appropriately, and to ensure that any remaining funds – or future funds, if the tournament or other fundraising efforts go forward – are directed to their intended charitable purpose.”

• 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."

• Gov. Malloy, AG Jepsen: Federal Proposal Would Undermine, Weaken Tribal Acknowledgement Criteria

  In official comments submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs today, Attorney General George Jepsen wrote that the BIA’s proposed regulations would “seriously weaken and undermine the core substantive criteria” for federal tribal recognition and would have the effect of reversing prior acknowledgment decisions affecting the state of Connecticut. Governor Dannel P. Malloy said that the proposed regulations would have a profound effect on the state.

• Give Wisely: State Warns Residents to Beware of Charity Scams in Wake of Boston Tragedy

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

• Connecticut Attorney General Seeks Information on LivingSocial Network Breach

  Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler yesterday asked the daily deals Web site for more information about the potential consumer impact of this data breach.

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

• 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.

• Attorney General Jepsen Welcomes Bipartisan Federal Proposal to Curb Illegal Gun Trafficking

• Attorney General Urges Congress to Again Extend Tax Relief for Distressed Homeowners

  Attorney General George Jepsen is once again leading a national effort by state attorneys general who are urging Congress to extend tax relief for consumers who have mortgage debt canceled or forgiven because of financial hardship or a decline in housing values.

• Bridgeport Grocery Retailer Sued in Trafficking Scheme

  The state is suing a Bridgeport store owner alleging he engaged in a wide-ranging scheme to obtain electronic benefit cards for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”), formerly known as the Food Stamp program, and used them to purchase inventory for his store in violation of federal and state law.