Date Posted: Friday, June 8th, 2012
Media Release Wilmington – Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that his Senior Protection Initiative, along with state agencies, law enforcement, and other advocates will recognize the 7th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15 with events in all three counties. Based on the theme “Stop Abuse and Financial Exploitation (SAFE)”, the events […]
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Date Posted: Friday, June 8th, 2012
This opinion supplements 12-IIB05, which held that Kent County Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (KCSPCA) was a public body because it was incorporated in Delaware. This opinion clarifies that KCSPCA was empowered with statutory regulatory powers, when the General Assembly authorized it to enforce all laws enacted to protect animals, and vested it with a wide range of law enforcement powers. As such, it was a public body for purposes of the open meeting laws.
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Date Posted: Thursday, June 7th, 2012
Media Release Anti-Bullying Legislation Wins General Assembly Approval Proposals from Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor and Education Committee Chairs set to become law DOVER – A bill that implements a key component of a plan to combat cyber-bullying passed the House of Representatives on Thursday and is headed to the Governor’s desk. Senate Bill 193, sponsored […]
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Date Posted: Friday, June 1st, 2012
Media Release Wilmington – Attorney General Beau Biden announced that a Newark man has been arrested on child pornography charges following an investigation by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force. On Thursday, May 31, members of the Task Force along with Delaware State Police Troopers from Troop #6 executed a search warrant at a residence […]
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Date Posted: Friday, June 1st, 2012
Media Release Wilmington – Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that his office is sponsoring foreclosure open houses next week in locations statewide to assist homeowners who are behind on mortgage payments, facing foreclosure, or have questions about homeowner resources that are available. These free events, hosted by the Attorney General’s Foreclosure Prevention Office, will […]
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Date Posted: Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Media Release Biden Calls for Change in For-Profit School Funding Rule to Protect Veterans’ Benefits Loophole allows schools to exploit federal veterans’ education funding Wilmington – Attorney General Beau Biden and his colleagues from 21 other states today sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to close a loophole in the Higher Education Act […]
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Date Posted: Thursday, May 24th, 2012
Media Release May 24, 2012 Dover Man Arrested for Dealing in Child Pornography Dover – Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that the Delaware Child Predator Task Force has arrested a Dover man following an investigation of the online distribution of child pornography. Today, Thursday, May 24, members of the Task Force along with a […]
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Date Posted: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Media Release May 22, 2012 CONTACT: Jason Miller (Delaware Department of Justice), 302-893-8939 Chip Unruh (Senator Reed), 202-224-2642 Max Gleischman (Senator Durbin), 202-228-5244 Seth Larson (Senator Whitehouse), 202-228-6293 Rachel Barinbaum (Senator Begich), 202-224-3004 Attorney General Biden Joins United States Senators in Seeking Expanded Housing Assistance for Troops Propose expanding rights under SCRA and extending foreclosure […]
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Date Posted: Friday, May 18th, 2012
Media Release Wilmington – Attorney General Beau Biden announced that Delaware has joined the federal government, 42 states, and the District of Columbia in reaching an agreement with Skechers USA to resolve charges that it advertised certain health benefits from wearing its line of rocker-bottom athletic shoes without the evidence to substantiate those claims. “It’s […]
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Date Posted: Monday, May 14th, 2012
Media Release Wilmington – Attorney General Beau Biden and 16 other Attorneys General are seeking to join a lawsuit against two of the nation’s largest publishers and Apple, alleging that they and other publishers conspired beginning in 2009 to raise the prices of electronic books sold to consumers. The lawsuit, filed originally last month by […]
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