Investigators working undercover in nine states detected significant violations of Federal Trade Commission consumer protection requirements in 23 of 102 funeral homes they visited during 2011. The FTC conducts undercover inspections every year to make…
The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against a payday lending operation that allegedly piled on undisclosed and inflated fees, and collected on loans illegally by threatening borrowers with arrest and lawsuits. The FTC has…
In response to charges by the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has ordered the defendants behind a deceptive robocall scheme to pay a total of $30 million in civil penalties and give up more…
It has not been a great year for financial giant Goldman Sachs. First, one of its lower-level executives writes a nasty tell-all goodby note for the New York Times, and this weekend the same newspaper…
Written by Barbara Puffer The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a federal appeals court to review its decision to grant patents to Myriad Genetics for two genes that are predictive for hereditary breast and ovarian…
Just a couple of days later than we thought, www.CtTalking.com, launched today as a forum where serious conversations can take place among Connecticut residents, about crucial issues we face. The new website is jointly owned…
Just to close the loop on my lawsuit against The Courant and The Tribune, where I spent 40 years as an investigative reporter, federal court reporter, business editor and investigative consumer columnist. I and my…
The following account was written by Laurie Escudero Of Granby involving Berkshire Concepts of Mass. Connecticut officials had put out a warning about this company last fall. I contacted Berkshire and a person there –…
Disciplined Docs Reap Drug Company Benefits Written by Lisa Chedekel In 2010, as state health officials were investigating allegations that Dr. Gerson Sternstein of Berlin was overmedicating patients, three pharmaceutical companies were showering thousands of…
Conservative radio talk host Dan Lovallo lost his job today as he was told Buckley Radio that it was “going in a different direction.” Lovallo had been with the WDRC-AM radio station chain since 1996,…
We have little details on exactly who will or who won’t receive part of the the $25 billion federal-multistate settlement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers, but Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said he…
Many for profit hospice companies are ripping us as taxpayers off by convincing doctors and nursing homes to put elderly into hospice care even though they don’t meet the requirement that they have only six…
“Merck & Co. agreed to pay $950 million and plead guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge to resolve government allegations that the company illegally promoted its former painkiller Vioxx and deceived the government about the…
WHY DID I COME INTO THIS ROOM? Last week, the East Coast lost power as the result of Storm Alfred. Some of us were without electricity for 10 days or more. We initially felt power-less!…
Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein and Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Jewel Mullen are encouraging consumers to pay attention to the following home safety concerns as power is restored and Connecticut…
Written by Paul Keil This Treasury Department data shows how the largest mortgage servicers participating in the administration’s $75 billion foreclosure prevention program have been performing. Banking regulators this week launched the government’s latest attempt to help…
Not only is ethanol expensive to produce, it is also likely adding to world food shortages and rising prices of food, which in turn is causing social unrest in poor countries. A recent investigative story…
A few weeks ago I wrote about Gov. Dannel Malloy issuing Executive Order 10 which calls for establishing a Personal Care Attendant Quality Home Care Workforce Council which calls for documentation of “approved” home health…
Written by Jennifer Kaylin Jesse Jutkowitz, a chiropractor with a record of disciplinary actions against him dating back to 1987, including the 1996 revocation of his license to practice as a chiropractor, was ordered by…
Written by Jesse Eisinger Back when the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission was doing its work, I would check in periodically with someone who worked there to find out how it was going. “Good news!” my source would…