| Headlines |
| Wednesday, January 07, 2009 |
| Attorney General Announces 41 States, D.C. Reach Settlement With Company That Distributed Illegal Sign |
| | Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today that Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company has agreed to stop distributing a promotional sign that violates the 1998 tobacco settlement |
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| Tuesday, January 06, 2009 |
| Attorney General Investigates And Seeks To Stop Predatory Debt Reducers |
| | Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today proposed legislation to fight predatory debt reducers that offer mortgage and debt rescue services that may actually cost consumers their homes |
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| Tuesday, January 06, 2009 |
| Attorney General Praises Court Decision Allowing Seizure Of Farricielli Wife’s Assets To Pay About $6 Million In Tire Pond Fines, Cleanup |
| | Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today praised a Superior Court decision requiring Joseph J. Farricielli’s wife to pay about $6 million in fines, clean up costs and interest related to his operation of a massive illegal tire pond |
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| Monday, January 05, 2009 |
| Attorney General Announces $1.5 Million Settlement With Atlantic Wire For Pollution Of Branford River |
| | Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that Atlantic Wire, LLC has agreed to pay the state $1.5 million to settle allegations it repeatedly dumped toxic waste water into the Branford River between 2005 and early 2008 |
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| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
| Attorney General Warns Time Is Limited For Estimated 12 Million KB Toys Gift Card Holders |
| | Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today warned that KB Toys, Inc. store credit and unredeemed gift cards -- recently estimated at $12 million -- will soon be worthless |
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| Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
| Attorney General Warns Parents About Bankrupt Company Withholding Sports Registration Money |
| | Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today issued an urgent warning to parents and school groups against making payments to register their children for sports and other programs through Count Me In |
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| Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
| Attorney General Warns Jeweler Consumers About Bankruptcy |
| | Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today warned consumers to immediately contact his office if Christian Bernard Jewelers -- now closed due to bankruptcy -- has possession of consumer property |
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| Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
| Attorney General Praises U.S. Attorney For Winning Guilty Pleas In Atlantic Wire Case |
| | Roger Reynolds, Senior Attorney for Connecticut Fund for the Environment, a New Haven based environmental group that filed notice against Atlantic Wire and four other corporate polluters in September of 2007 |
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