AG Jennings, colleagues announce multistate anti-theft settlement with Hyundai and Kia
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Vulnerability drove nearly 300% spike in auto thefts; automakers to offer free hardware fix Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced today that a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general, led in part by Delaware, has reached a settlement with automobile manufacturers Hyundai and Kia for their sale of millions of vehicles that lacked industry-standard, anti-theft technology. […]
Delaware DOJ obtains nearly $1 million penalty from Kovack investment advisory firm
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Order requires firm to remove replacement letters from employee files Attorney General Kathy Jennings’s Investor Protection Unit secured a penalty of $995,180 from an investment adviser firm for violations of the Delaware Securities Act, including filing incomplete and inaccurate registration materials, failing to supervise employees, and failing to maintain records and documents that should have […]
AG Jennings announces $350 million multistate settlement with marketing firm Publicis over role in opioid epidemic
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, February 1, 2024
Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health to resolve investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. Delaware will receive over $1.5 million from the settlement to help address the opioid crisis. In agreeing to the terms of the settlement, Publicis recognized the harm its conduct caused, and the agreement […]
Attorney General Jennings Announces $150 Million Settlement with Hikma Pharmaceuticals to Help Combat Opioid Crisis
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced today a $150 million multistate settlement in principle with opioid manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals (Hikma) for its role in fueling the opioid crisis. Hikma produces a range of generic opioid products and sells hundreds of millions of opioid doses every year. The attorneys general allege that from 2006 to 2021, Hikma […]
Delaware joins $10 million settlement with ACI Worldwide over attempted unauthorized withdrawals
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Attorney General Jennings joined a multistate coalition of attorneys general announcing a $10 million settlement with payment processor ACI Worldwide over a 2021 testing error that led to the attempted unauthorized withdrawal of $2.3 billion from the accounts of mortgage-holders. This case was investigated and negotiated with the state financial regulators. The state regulators have entered […]
