AG Jennings, 21 other AGs successful in Census ruling
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, September 11, 2020
Court blocks Trump effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from congressional representation In a victory for the 2020 Census, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled late Thursday that undocumented immigrants must be included in congressional apportionment following the census count. Delaware was one of the suit’s plaintiffs. “The Constitution is […]
AG Jennings announces suit to hold Exxon, American Petroleum Institute, 29 others accountable for climate change costs
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2020
Claims include Negligent Failure to Warn, Trespass, Nuisance and Consumer Fraud Act violations Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Thursday that Delaware is suing 31 fossil fuel companies on behalf of the state’s residents and businesses to hold them accountable for decades of deception about the role their products play in causing climate change, the harm […]
State of Delaware, U.S. Treasury announce MOU to strengthen information sharing
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2020
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the State of Delaware announced Friday a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) setting forth information sharing procedures between the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Delaware Department of Justice. This MOU is intended to: Promote the sharing of certain U.S. economic sanctions-related information between OFAC and the […]
Former Legislative Hall Employee Charged With Felony Theft
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2020
DOJ’s Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust and Delaware State Police’s Financial Crimes Unit brought case A Kent County grand jury Monday charged Dawn Hill, former employee of the Controller General’s Office, with two felonies arising from a scheme that deprived a retiring Legislative Hall employee from a farewell vacation overseas. The grand jury […]
Ex-daycare worker indicted for Murder, 52 counts of Child Abuse following infant homicide investigation
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, July 17, 2020
A New Castle County grand jury has indicted a New Castle woman for 53 felonies following the alleged murder of an infant and the abuse of four other children at a Bear daycare facility. Dejoynay Ferguson, 20, is alleged to have suffocated a 4-month-old child to death and to have abused that child and four other children between July […]
