HARTFORD, November 18 – A case investigated by the Department of Consumer Protection’s occupational enforcement unit led to the recent arrest of three employees of Roto-Rooter of Windsor for allegedly directing unlicensed plumbing work and allegedly engaging in unlicensed plumbing work, Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. said today.
Thanks to legal pressure brought by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal against HOP Energy, 2,171 present and former customers of HOP Energy’s Connecticut subsidiaries are receiving $375,000 in refunds. The money represents excess profits HOP…
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today he will seek legislation requiring greater disclosure of medical mistakes at hospitals, as well as providing regulators beefed up investigative resources and new authority to impose civil penalties.
Joining Blumenthal in his call for a major strengthening of the state hospital medical mistakes reporting law was Connecticut Center for Patient Safety Executive Director Jean Rexford.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s investigation into consumer complaints that Sleepy’s delivered used mattresses instead of new ones has expanded to include allegations from 25 customers that they were sold mattresses that had bedbugs. Sleepy’s adamantly denies…
A Norwalk-based photo agency that pressured customers into buying high-cost photo packages of their children in hopes of landing a modeling or acting career has signed a written legal agreement to adhere to all state laws in the operation of its business, Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. said today.
As promised, New Haven attorney Joseph Garrison has filed my wrongful termination lawsuit against The Courant, accusing the country’s oldest continuously published newspaper of violating its written News Mission, or what I call its ethics policy, when it fired me last month for refusing to “be nice” to major advertisers.
The FCC just completed an auction for radio signals, which totaled only $5 million for 122 possible stations (37 weren’t taken). This is down from the $25 million the government got in 2007 for 111…
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today that Sleepy’s has failed to provide him answers to all his critical questions regarding the giant mattress retailer’s business practices. Blumenthal, who in July began an investigation into…
Everyday I lose more faith in government. I mean, I knew in the back of my mind that most of these people were liars, thieves and cheats, but I still had a solid tinge of…
Copyright © 2009, CtWatchdog.com In a major victory for Connecticut consumers, the city of Hartford has agreed to drastically revise its towing policies: ending its policies that took advantage of those whose cars were stolen or whose cars…
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Paul A. Young, executive director of the Division of Special Revenue (DSR), today announced identical settlements with the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Tribes that would provide $25 million in slot revenue to the state, as well as future payments.
After getting egg all over their faces, the management of The Courant scrambled Monday to get something in the paper about Sleepy’s so they could prove they weren’t protecting one of their biggest advertisers. In…