DOJ secures lengthy prison sentence for violent gun offender
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2024
A Maryland man has been sentenced to more than three decades in prison for the fatal shooting of Charles “Jaimie” Kupidlowski in 2023. On June 17, Steven M. Smith of Centreville, MD, pleaded guilty in Kent County Superior Court to Murder 2nd Degree and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. Smith, […]
AG Jennings launches portal to help businesses prepare for Personal Data Privacy Act enforcement
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, July 8, 2024
On July 1st, the Delaware Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Unit launched a new personal data privacy portal, privacy.delaware.gov, as a navigational tool for parents, consumers and businesses that handle Delawareans’ personal data to help prepare for the upcoming implementation of the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA), which goes into effect in January 2025. […]
In unanimous ruling, Court sides with Jennings on voting rights
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, June 28, 2024
The Delaware Supreme Court has unanimously vacated a lower court ruling that jeopardized tens of thousands of Delawareans’ voting rights under the State’s permanent absentee and early voting statutes. In February, a Superior Court judge issued a surprise ruling striking down early voting and the state’s 14-year-old permanent absentee law. The permanent absentee statute had […]
AG Jennings’ statement on Supreme Court ruling in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2024
Attorney General Kathy Jennings released today the following statement on the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma: “Today the Supreme Court issued a ruling that jeopardizes a $45 million opioid settlement that Delaware reached with Sackler family. While this represents a setback for us, we are not giving up. […]
AG Jennings announces leadership changes at DOJ
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2024
Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Thursday that State Prosecutor Dan Logan will succeed Alex Mackler as the Department of Justice’s Chief Deputy Attorney General. Mackler, who has served as CDAG for more than five years, will serve as counsel on President Biden’s reelection campaign. Mackler joined the DOJ as CDAG in May 2019 after serving […]
