Biden announces payments to Delaware consumers in settlement with athletic shoe manufacturer
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Attorney General Beau Biden today announced that more than 1,000 Delaware consumers are receiving refunds from Skechers USA in a settlement with the company that resolved charges that it advertised certain health benefits from wearing its line of rocker-bottom athletic shoes without the evidence to substantiate those claims.
Newark man arrested after trying to have sex with an underage girl
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, July 22, 2013
Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that an undercover investigation by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force has led to the arrest of a Newark man after he traveled to a Newark motel to meet an individual who he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
Biden Announces Antitrust Ruling Against Apple
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden today announced that a United States District Court Judge sided with the State of Delaware, the United States and 32 other jurisdictions in finding Apple Inc. liable for violating the antitrust laws by conspiring with major U.S. publishers to fix the prices of electronic books.
Biden creates specialized unit to serve child victims
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Attorney General Beau Biden today, joined by prosecutors and representatives from the Children’s Advocacy Center of Delaware and Prevent Child Abuse Delaware, announced that he has created the Child Victims Unit, a specialized unit within the Delaware Department of Justice that streamlines the prosecutorial and social services of the Department to more effectively protect Delaware’s children who are victims of the most violent crime.
Legislation that subjects gun offenders to life in prison passed today by General Assembly
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Sunday, June 30, 2013
By a vote of 40 – 1 the State House today sent to the Governor a bill that subjects offenders who use guns to commit crime to significantly higher jail sentences.
