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  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


Biden joins multistate coalition to support robust protections for waterways under federal Clean Air Act

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden has joined a coalition of eight states in supporting a federal proposal designed to ensure that the nation’s lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands receive proper protection under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). That support came in comments submitted this week to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers on their joint Waters of the United States Proposed Rule.




Biden’s office secures murder indictments for Paladin Club shooting deaths

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, September 15, 2014

Two New Castle County men – 31 year-old Christopher Rivers and 23 year-old Dominique Benson – who were arrested earlier this month for the September, 2013 shooting deaths of a couple at the Paladin Club apartments have been indicted by the New Castle County Grand Jury, Attorney General Beau Biden announced today.




Public invited to attend Wilmington Community Resource Fair tomorrow at Prices Run Park

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 12, 2014

More than two dozen government agencies, service providers, and civic organizations will come together September 13 from 1-4 p.m. at a Wilmington Community Resource Fair sponsored by the Attorney General’s office in conjunction with Wilmington Mayor Dennis P. Williams




J.P. Morgan Securities to pay $51,400 to Biden’s Investor Protection Unit

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Thursday, September 11, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden announced Thursday that J.P. Morgan Securities has paid the Delaware Department of Justice $51,400 as a result of a settlement with the Attorney General’s Investor Protection Unit. The settlement resolves a multi-state investigation which found that J.P. Morgan Securities failed to ensure that its agents were properly registered in Delaware and other states, and failed to properly record data on trades executed in Delaware and other states.




Biden’s Investor Protection Unit Gauging Vulnerability to Cybersecurity Threats

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Delaware’s Investor Protection Unit is participating in a nationwide project to gauge the strength of Delaware investment advisers’ cybersecurity systems. Delaware law requires investment firms to register with the state’s Investor Protection Unit, and that office recently sent surveys to 44 investment companies covering areas such as whether the investment adviser has experienced a cybersecurity event in the past year, experienced loss or theft because of a cybersecurity breach and when the adviser last underwent a cybersecurity threat assessment.







  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

Biden joins multistate coalition to support robust protections for waterways under federal Clean Air Act

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden has joined a coalition of eight states in supporting a federal proposal designed to ensure that the nation’s lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands receive proper protection under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). That support came in comments submitted this week to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers on their joint Waters of the United States Proposed Rule.




Biden’s office secures murder indictments for Paladin Club shooting deaths

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, September 15, 2014

Two New Castle County men – 31 year-old Christopher Rivers and 23 year-old Dominique Benson – who were arrested earlier this month for the September, 2013 shooting deaths of a couple at the Paladin Club apartments have been indicted by the New Castle County Grand Jury, Attorney General Beau Biden announced today.




Public invited to attend Wilmington Community Resource Fair tomorrow at Prices Run Park

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 12, 2014

More than two dozen government agencies, service providers, and civic organizations will come together September 13 from 1-4 p.m. at a Wilmington Community Resource Fair sponsored by the Attorney General’s office in conjunction with Wilmington Mayor Dennis P. Williams




J.P. Morgan Securities to pay $51,400 to Biden’s Investor Protection Unit

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Thursday, September 11, 2014

Attorney General Beau Biden announced Thursday that J.P. Morgan Securities has paid the Delaware Department of Justice $51,400 as a result of a settlement with the Attorney General’s Investor Protection Unit. The settlement resolves a multi-state investigation which found that J.P. Morgan Securities failed to ensure that its agents were properly registered in Delaware and other states, and failed to properly record data on trades executed in Delaware and other states.




Biden’s Investor Protection Unit Gauging Vulnerability to Cybersecurity Threats

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Delaware’s Investor Protection Unit is participating in a nationwide project to gauge the strength of Delaware investment advisers’ cybersecurity systems. Delaware law requires investment firms to register with the state’s Investor Protection Unit, and that office recently sent surveys to 44 investment companies covering areas such as whether the investment adviser has experienced a cybersecurity event in the past year, experienced loss or theft because of a cybersecurity breach and when the adviser last underwent a cybersecurity threat assessment.