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Richard Blumenthal is the Attorney General of Connecticut, a position he has held since 1990. Blumenthal is known for his aggressive law enforcement for consumer protection, labor rights, and personal privacy. Previously, Blumenthal was U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, state¿s chief federal prosecutor. He later moved his career to the House of Representative, serving from 1984-1987. From 1987-1998, Blumenthal served in the State Senate. Blumenthal graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law University. He lives in Greenwich with his wife, and their four children.
Richard Blumenthal is the Attorney General of Connecticut, a position he has held since 1990. Blumenthal is known for his aggressive law enforcement for consumer protection, labor rights, and personal privacy. Previously, Blumenthal was U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, state¿s chief federal prosecutor. He later moved his career to the House of Representative, serving from 1984-1987. From 1987-1998, Blumenthal served in the State Senate. Blumenthal graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law University. He lives in Greenwich with his wife, and their four children.
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AT & T Told To Get OKs Before Installing U-verse Boxes
Courant Staff WriterState regulators have ordered AT&T to get permission from residents and alert municipalities and state transportation officials before installing the refrigerator-size boxes that deliver the company's new U-verse television service to customers. The...Tags: Laws, Telecommunication Service, Consumer Electronics Industry, AT&T Corp., Poetry
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Regulators Fault CNG Over Billing Complaints
Courant Staff WriterState regulators on Friday ordered Connecticut Natural Gas Co. to retrain its customer service representatives and donate $150,000 to fuel assistance programs following complaints that it under-billed about 3,400 customers and tried to make up for the...Tags: Corporations, Consumers, Jodi Rell, Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation
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Conn. regulators issue draft ruling on CNG billing
State regulators say Connecticut Natural Gas inadequately supervised its meter readers and fell short on customer service, resulting in the underbilling of about 3,400 customers last winter. A draft decision released Friday would let the company collect...Tags: Corporations, Consumers, Jodi Rell, Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation, Energy East Corporation
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Conn. says utility pole boxes need municipal OKs
AP Business WriterConnecticut regulators issued a draft decision Friday that AT&T must get permission from municipalities before putting its large video equipment boxes on utility poles and other properties. The state Department of Public Utility Control issued a...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Corporations, Danbury, Employees, Health Treatments
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Missing Bank Records Are Cause For Worry
A huge Wall Street bank "lost" my personal financial data somewhere outside Jersey City. I can relate. I'm forever misplacing my wallet and those pesky ATM slips. It's not like this is the first time this has happened. My private financials were also on...Tags: Rick Green, Government, Employees, Personal Data Collection, Theft
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More Conn. residents affected by data breach
Connecticut officials say 135,000 more state residents may be affected by a security breach at Bank of New York Mellon than the bank initially announced. Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal say the state is now demanding more...Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection, Bank of New York Company, Jodi Rell, Connecticut
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Case over disclosure of insurance data to continue
Associated Press WriterThe Connecticut Supreme Court has declined to rule on a Florida company's efforts to block state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal from disclosing information he obtained while investigating the insurance industry. The lawsuit by Brown & Brown...Tags: Corporate Crime, Local Authority, Court Administration, Connecticut, Anti Trust Crime
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Request To Reopen Probe Rejected
State regulators have denied Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's request to reopen its investigation into the accuracy of Connecticut Light & Power Co.'s meters, Blumenthal said Wednesday. Blumenthal asked the state Department of Public Utility...Tags: Connecticut
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Ruling To Allow Blumenthal To Resume Antitrust Probe
Associated PressThe Connecticut Supreme Court has declined to rule on a Florida company's efforts to block state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal from disclosing information he obtained while investigating the insurance industry. The lawsuit by Brown & Brown...Tags: Corporate Crime, Local Authority, Court Administration, Connecticut, Anti Trust Crime
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Artificial Assurances
State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is right: Sweeping assurances on the safety of artificial turf by the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission are based on narrow and inadequate research, and are a gross disservice to the public. Commission...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Connecticut
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635,000 Residents Affected By New York Mellon Breach
Courant Staff WriterAn additional 135,000 Connecticut residents were affected by a Bank of New York Mellon security breach that occurred in late February, state officials said Tuesday. The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. said in May that about 500,000 state residents were...Tags: Social Security, Theft, Personal Data Collection, Consumer Electronics Industry, Consumers
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CNG appeals regulators' order to credit customers
Connecticut Natural Gas is appealing state regulators' orders to credit its customers to compensate for collecting $15.5 million in profits to which it was not entitled. Commissioners of the state Department of Public Utility Control ordered the utility...Tags: Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation, Connecticut, Natural Gas
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