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  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


Pfizer Inc. to pay $2.3 billion in historic settlement

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Friday, September 4, 2009

The Attorney General’s office announced today that the State of Delaware, along with other states and the federal government, has reached agreement with Pfizer Inc to settle civil and criminal allegations that the company and its subsidiaries paid kickbacks and engaged in improper marketing of numerous drugs that it manufactures. The largest settlement in history […]




Delaware reaches consumer protection settlement with Pfizer

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2009

The Delaware Attorney General’s office announced today that it has reached a nationwide settlement with Pfizer Inc. following a 4 month investigation into the drug company’s alleged improper marketing of the antipsychotic drug Geodon. In a complaint soon to be filed in Superior Court along with the settlement agreement, Delaware alleges that Pfizer engaged in […]




Governor signs legislation to expand victim compensation program; Victims’ Compensation

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009

Delaware crime victims are eligible to receive state compensation for mental health counseling, costs of attending criminal proceedings, and other expenses through legislation signed into law by Governor Markell during an afternoon ceremony today in Wilmington. House Bill 133 expands the newly revamped Delaware’s Victims’ Compensation Assistance Program (VCAP), formerly called the Violent Crimes Compensation […]




Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force supports August housing workshops

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force is supporting two August workshops sponsored by Delaware non-profit housing agencies. These workshops, in Georgetown and Newark, are designed to help homeowners who are worried about missing a mortgage payment, are facing foreclosure, or suspect a foreclosure scam. The FREE workshops are as follows: Date Time Location Address […]




Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force supports August housing workshops to help homeowners and reduce foreclosure fraud

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force is supporting two August workshops sponsored by Delaware non-profit housing agencies. These workshops, in Georgetown and Newark, are designed to help homeowners who are worried about missing a mortgage payment, are facing foreclosure, or suspect a foreclosure scam. The FREE workshops are as follows: Date Time Location Address […]







  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

Pfizer Inc. to pay $2.3 billion in historic settlement

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Friday, September 4, 2009

The Attorney General’s office announced today that the State of Delaware, along with other states and the federal government, has reached agreement with Pfizer Inc to settle civil and criminal allegations that the company and its subsidiaries paid kickbacks and engaged in improper marketing of numerous drugs that it manufactures. The largest settlement in history […]




Delaware reaches consumer protection settlement with Pfizer

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2009

The Delaware Attorney General’s office announced today that it has reached a nationwide settlement with Pfizer Inc. following a 4 month investigation into the drug company’s alleged improper marketing of the antipsychotic drug Geodon. In a complaint soon to be filed in Superior Court along with the settlement agreement, Delaware alleges that Pfizer engaged in […]




Governor signs legislation to expand victim compensation program; Victims’ Compensation

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009

Delaware crime victims are eligible to receive state compensation for mental health counseling, costs of attending criminal proceedings, and other expenses through legislation signed into law by Governor Markell during an afternoon ceremony today in Wilmington. House Bill 133 expands the newly revamped Delaware’s Victims’ Compensation Assistance Program (VCAP), formerly called the Violent Crimes Compensation […]




Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force supports August housing workshops

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force is supporting two August workshops sponsored by Delaware non-profit housing agencies. These workshops, in Georgetown and Newark, are designed to help homeowners who are worried about missing a mortgage payment, are facing foreclosure, or suspect a foreclosure scam. The FREE workshops are as follows: Date Time Location Address […]




Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force supports August housing workshops to help homeowners and reduce foreclosure fraud

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force is supporting two August workshops sponsored by Delaware non-profit housing agencies. These workshops, in Georgetown and Newark, are designed to help homeowners who are worried about missing a mortgage payment, are facing foreclosure, or suspect a foreclosure scam. The FREE workshops are as follows: Date Time Location Address […]