Attorney General Biden Announces Creation of Child Predator Unit
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Family | Date Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2007
Department of Justice to spearhead innovative statewide program to proactively identify, pursue, prosecute, and punish child sexual predators
Delaware Department of Justice Lends its Support to Habitual Toll Evader Crackdown
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Attorney General Biden pleased to support new coordinated effort A tougher way of prosecuting habitual toll violators supports the coordinated efforts of the Delaware State Police
Attorney General Biden joins local and federal law enforcement in Operation “FED UP”
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, February 8, 2007
United States Attorney Colm F. Connolly, Wilmington Mayor James M. Baker, Delaware Attorney General Joseph R. Biden, III, Special Agent-in-Charge Gregory K. Gant, and Wilmington Police Chief Michael Szczerba announced today the implementation of a joint, federal-state-and-local law enforcement initiative to combat the use of guns to commit felony crimes in Wilmington.
Attorney General Biden Announces $90 Million Nationwide Antitrust Settlement for Consumers Harmed by Alleged Computer Chip Price-Fixing Conspiracy
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Attorney General Joseph R. Biden, III today announced a $90 million nationwide settlement with Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. (“Samsung”), resolving allegations that Samsung and other major computer chip manufacturers fixed prices of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM). The money paid is restitution for consumers and state and local government agencies that paid more for computers and other electronic devices because of the price-fixing.
Wal-Mart Agrees to Compensate Employees for Technical Errors
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
$96,000 will be paid to approximately 300 current and former Delaware employees
In a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to compensate its employees for technical errors in the calculations of past overtime pay. Under the agreement, Wal-Mart will pay approximately $34 million to 87,000 current and former hourly employees nationally who were underpaid by at least $20, of which $96,000 will be paid to approximately 300 current and former Delaware employees. The amount being paid to these employees includes up to five year of underpayments with interest.
