Delaware plans to try to dissolve Backpage.com registration

(AP) — Delaware officials plan to go to court to use a new law to dissolve the state limited liability company registration of Backpage.com, which authorities have dubbed an “online brothel.”

The News Journal reports it learned of the plan from a Department of Justice letter sent on Friday to the Delaware Coalition for Open Government. The newspaper says the state justice department confirmed the plan.

Julia Lawes, a department spokeswoman, says officials will be acting deliberately, because the case could affect how the courts handle future filings. She also notes that the federal government already has frozen operations.

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State officials had their hands tied, because the online company was meeting requirements for a business entity. The new law enables the state to go after bad actors.

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