AG Jennings sues Trump to block exorbitant H-1B visa fees
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, December 12, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings today joined a coalition of 19 states suing the Trump Administration over an unlawful policy imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions. The H-1B visa program, created by bipartisan Congressional majorities and signed into law by George H.W. Bush, alleviates nationwide labor shortages by allowing employers to hire highly […]
Delaware DOJ obtains nearly $1 million penalty from Kovack investment advisory firm
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Order requires firm to remove replacement letters from employee files Attorney General Kathy Jennings’s Investor Protection Unit secured a penalty of $995,180 from an investment adviser firm for violations of the Delaware Securities Act, including filing incomplete and inaccurate registration materials, failing to supervise employees, and failing to maintain records and documents that should have […]
AG Jennings’ statement on federal permit to purchase ruling
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, November 14, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings released the following statement Friday evening after Judge Maryellen Noreika of the District of Delaware denied a gun lobby motion for a preliminary injunction against Delaware’s permit to purchase law—a handgun training and licensing law supported by roughly 70% of Delawareans, including more than 60% of gun owners. I’m grateful to […]
Jennings calls out gun lobby’s inaccurate and deceptive filings
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, November 7, 2025
More than 200 handgun permits issued since successful launch AG Kathy Jennings responded Friday to spurious claims that the gun lobby made in a deceitful attempt to block the implementation of permit to purchase — a handgun training and licensing law supported by roughly 70% of Delawareans, including more than 60% of gun owners — […]
AG Jennings completes review of OpenAI recapitalization
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Delaware secures structural reform and action on safety from global AI leader Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced today that her office has issued a Statement of No Objection to the proposed corporate recapitalization transaction of Open AI, Inc., a Delaware nonprofit corporation. Today’s announcement comes over a year after Attorney General Jennings began her review […]
