Apr 10, 2025 | ARPA funded education-related programs | coalition of attorneys general | Covid-19 Pandemic | Education Funding | essential resources | K-12 students | Lawsuit | Trump Administration | U.S. Department of Education | DD-Education | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 15 other attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in suing the Trump Administration to restore states’ access to essential U.S. Department of Education programs that funding for services to address the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 students in New Jersey and across the country.
Apr 9, 2025 | "overdraft protection" | Banks | common-sense limits | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) | defund and disband CFPB | Elon Musk | fee cap | Final Rule | Limits on fees | Multistate Comment Letter | Overdraft Fees | overdraft revenue | Trump Administration | U.S. House of Representatives | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a multistate comment letter urging the U.S. House of Representatives to vote against a joint resolution that would allow very large banks to keep charging customers high overdraft fees on their accounts.
Apr 8, 2025 | and misconduct by a corporate official | check fraud | Clementon | Computer Theft | conspiracy to commit money laundering | COVID-19 Fraud Crimes | East Orange | Economic Impact Disaster and Paycheck Protection loans | failure to pay tax | falsifying or tampering with records | filing a fraudulent tax return | Forgery | Indictment | Money Laundering | New Jersey; Irvington | Newark | Official Misconduct | Pattern of official misconduct | Pitman | Sayreville | Tampering with public records or information | temporary Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) employee | Theft by Deception | U.S. Small Business Administration | Unemployment benefits | Voorhees | with theft by deception | Woodbridge | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
For Immediate Release: April 8, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- Theresa L. Hilton, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Matthew ReillyOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON – Attorney General...
Apr 7, 2025 | conspiracy to commit aggravated assault | Forced Entry | Harding Highway | Harding Woods mobile home park | Home Invasion | New Jersey State Police Detective shooting | New Jersey State Prison | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Pittsgrove | riot | Salem County Courthouse | Sentencing | Witness Tampering | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced the sentencings of four defendants involved in events that led to the shooting of a New Jersey State Police (NJSP) detective by other individuals at a Salem County mobile home park.
Apr 4, 2025 | Administrative Procedure Act (APA) | Arizona | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Dramatic Cuts to Institute of Museum and Library Services (ILMS) | Executive Order 14238 | Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service | FMCS | Hawaii | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | MBDA | Michigan | Minnesota | Minority Business Development Agency | Nevada | New Jersey State Library | New Mexico | New York | Oregon | Rhode Island | Trump Administration | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration to stop the dismantling of three federal agencies—the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business Development Agency, and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service– that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and minority-owned businesses nationwide.
