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  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


Senate passes bill to increase minimum jail sentences for gun offenders

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Sunday, June 30, 2013

The State Senate tonight passed legislation that increases the minimum prison sentences convicted felons face if they are subsequently convicted of possessing a gun.




Biden: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling ‘A Major Step Forward’ for Equality

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden released the following statement Tuesday in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v. Windsor that declared the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional:




Bill Increasing Efforts to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse Passes House

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Legislation proposed by Attorney General Beau Biden and sponsored by two registered nurses serving in the General Assembly was unanimously approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday and now heads to the Senate for consideration.




Biden seeks emergency suspension of Dover doctor

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Delaware Attorney General’s office today filed an emergency petition with the Delaware Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline against a Dover physician over alleged sexual misconduct against patients.




Biden: Mortgage banks failing to follow rules of national foreclosure settlement; Office will act to hold banks ‘accountable to their obligations’

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Attorney General Beau Biden responded to a report issued today that demonstrated failures by national mortgage banks to meet strict new mortgage servicing standards secured by Biden, 48 other state Attorneys General and the federal government in last year’s historic $25 billion national mortgage settlement.







  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

Senate passes bill to increase minimum jail sentences for gun offenders

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Sunday, June 30, 2013

The State Senate tonight passed legislation that increases the minimum prison sentences convicted felons face if they are subsequently convicted of possessing a gun.




Biden: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling ‘A Major Step Forward’ for Equality

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden released the following statement Tuesday in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v. Windsor that declared the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional:




Bill Increasing Efforts to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse Passes House

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Legislation proposed by Attorney General Beau Biden and sponsored by two registered nurses serving in the General Assembly was unanimously approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday and now heads to the Senate for consideration.




Biden seeks emergency suspension of Dover doctor

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Delaware Attorney General’s office today filed an emergency petition with the Delaware Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline against a Dover physician over alleged sexual misconduct against patients.




Biden: Mortgage banks failing to follow rules of national foreclosure settlement; Office will act to hold banks ‘accountable to their obligations’

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Attorney General Beau Biden responded to a report issued today that demonstrated failures by national mortgage banks to meet strict new mortgage servicing standards secured by Biden, 48 other state Attorneys General and the federal government in last year’s historic $25 billion national mortgage settlement.