Attorney General Jennings challenges Trump administration’s move to gut asylum seekers’ protections
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 2, 2019
Coalition of 21 attorneys general argues changes violate federal law and judicial precedent Attorney General Kathy Jennings joined Friday a group of 21 state attorneys general to challenge the Trump administration’s proposed changes to asylum standards. If implemented, these changes would allow the Executive branch to arbitrarily deny asylum claims to immigrants seeking haven from […]
State, City Leaders Announce Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Project in Wilmington
Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Correction | Department of Justice | Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Social service agencies will partner with law enforcement to prevent gun violence WILMINGTON, Del. – State of Delaware social service agencies will partner with law enforcement to prevent gun violence in the City of Wilmington under a Group Violence Intervention (GVI) project announced by state and city leaders on Tuesday. Governor John Carney joined Wilmington […]
Repeated Rape of Child Leads to Prison for 64-Year-Old
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019
Murder, vehicular assault, and drug convictions mean prison for other defendants A 64-year-old Felton man was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for raping a child repeatedly over the course of many years starting in the late 1990s. Deputy Attorney General Kathleen Dickerson secured the sentence for Monte Brown, who in April, pleaded […]
Consumer Protection Unit reaches settlement over foreclosure rescue scam
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Scammers ordered to pay thousands in restitution, barred from offering services in Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Tuesday that the Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Unit (CPU) has reached a settlement with two California-based companies requiring them to stop advertising and selling mortgage loan modification and debt relief services in Delaware and to provide […]
AG Jennings, national coalition reach largest data breach settlement in history
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, July 22, 2019
$600 million settlement over 2017 Equifax data breach includes up to $425 million in consumer restitution Attorney General Kathy Jennings Monday announced a settlement with Equifax as the result of an investigation into the largest-ever breach of consumer data. Under the terms of the settlement, Equifax agreed to provide a single Consumer Restitution Fund of […]
