WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: RALEIGH, N.C. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., a highway construction company incorporated in Delaware and doing business in Craven County, North Carolina, will pay $80,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment, hostile work environment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss announced today that Dr. Vishal Patel, a Wilmington physician, has agreed to pay $1,080,000 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary durable medical equipment for patients covered by Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). Between February 2018 and April 20  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 34 million small businesses, announced(Link is external) (video) that the Delaware Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has been selected to receive a $350,000 prize to develop and deploy a national Cyber Certification Program for SBA re  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The White House issued the following statement on Sept. 12, 22024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the 2024 Quad Leaders Summit: * * * President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will host the fourth in-person Quad Leaders Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday, September 21. The President looks forward to welcoming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan. This will be President Bid  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: WILMINGTON, Del. Some say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, until that imitation runs afoul of the law. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 277 counterfeit Lululemon Everywhere Belt Bags recently in Delaware, that had they been authentic would have been worth about $13,000. CBP officers seized 277 counterfeit Lululemon Everywhere Be  more