2025 Delaware Code
Title 6 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 21. ANTITRUST
§ 2107. Actions by Attorney General for violations; civil penalty; equitable relief

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6 DE Code § 2107 (2025)
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§ 2107. Actions by Attorney General for violations; civil penalty; equitable relief

(a) The Attorney General may bring an action for any violation or threatened violation of this chapter. In any such action, the Court may assess against each defendant a civil penalty for the benefit of the State of not less than $1,000 nor more than $100,000 for each violation, or may award appropriate equitable relief, or may order a combination of civil penalty and equitable relief. The Court may also award taxable costs, investigative costs, and reasonable fees for expert witnesses and attorneys, including the Attorney General.

(b) If the defendant derives a pecuniary gain from the violation, or if the violation results in a pecuniary loss to a person or persons or public body or bodies, then as an alternative to the civil penalty assessment in subsection (a) of this section and in addition to other relief awarded, the Court may assess against each defendant a civil penalty for the benefit of the State not more than the greater of twice the gross gain or twice the gross loss.

(c) To the extent the violation occurred entirely outside the State but affected trade or commerce of this State, any pecuniary gain to the defendant or loss to persons or public bodies for purposes of accessing a civil penalty pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall only take into account the gain or loss which can be reasonably estimated to derive from the economic activity affected by the violation in this State.

62 Del. Laws, c. 89, § 1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 462, § 4; 
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