Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 1210 – Annual reporting requirement
On August 15, 2009, and annually on July 16, the Department of Justice shall submit to the Delaware legislature a report containing the following information:
(1) The number of cases the Department of Justice has filed during the previous calendar year under this chapter;
(2) The number of cases private individuals filed under this chapter during the previous calendar year, including those cases that remain under seal, and specifying:
a. The state or federal courts in which those cases were filed and the number of cases filed in each court;
b. The state program or agency that is involved in each case;
c. The number of cases filed by private individuals who previously had filed an action based on the same or similar transactions or allegations under the federal False Claims Act [31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.] or the false claims act of another state; and
d. The amount recovered by the State under this section in settlement, damages, penalties, and litigation costs.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 1210
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- State: means the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession, or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302