AG Jennings Announces Antitrust Suit Against Facebook
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Citing a pattern of predatory acquisitions, a “buy or bury” strategy deployed against third-party developers, and the erosion of users’ privacy protections, Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Wednesday that Delaware and other states are suing Facebook. The suit charges Facebook Inc. with violating the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act and seeks to end […]
Attorney General Jennings announces $86.3 million multistate settlement with mortgage servicer Nationstar
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, December 7, 2020
Case settles allegations of past violations affecting thousands of ‘Mr. Cooper’ customers Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Monday that Delaware has joined with 51 attorneys general and other federal and state agencies to reach an $86.3 million settlement with Nationstar Mortgage. Nationstar is the country’s fourth-largest mortgage servicer. The consent judgment resolves allegations that Nationstar, which does business […]
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 […]
Attorney General Jennings Fights Trump Administration’s Attempts to Reduce Census Efforts
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2020
Suit comes at a time when Delaware response rates are lagging. Attorney General Kathy Jennings has joined a large coalition of attorneys general, cities, counties, and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors in taking legal action against the Trump Administration’s impairment of the 2020 Decennial Census. The coalition filed an amicus brief in National Urban League v. […]
