Dec 19, 2024 | Bergen County | DCA | Division of Consumer Affairs | Enforcement Bureau | exploitation of trust | healthcare practitioner | in appropriate remarks | Investigations | License Revoked | patient | Physical Therapist | rules of professional conduct | Sexual Relations | State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners (“Board”) has revoked the license of a North Jersey physical therapist who admitted to engaging in sexual relations with one patient and allegedly made inappropriate remarks to another.
Dec 17, 2024 | Division of Law | employees | exploitation of workers | Failing to maintain and provide records | Failing to pay wages due to employees | Failing to provide employees earned sick leave | Hindering the NJDOL in its investigation | Illegally requesting job applicants’ criminal history | Independent Contractors | Misclassification of workers | New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) | newspaper delivery firm | NJ Labor Law | NJ Penn | Settlement | Withholding or diverting employee wages | workers' rights and benefits | Defending our Workforce | Department of Labor | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
NJ Penn Employees Illegally Classified as Independent Contractors For Immediate Release: December 17, 2024 Office of the Attorney General– Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Law– Michael C. Walters, Acting DirectorNew Jersey Department of Labor &...
Dec 17, 2024 | Battling the Opioid Epidemic | Consumer Protection | Division of Law | Environmental Justice | NJ CARES | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that civil enforcement efforts in 2023 brought in nearly $596 million through recoveries resulting from lawsuits and investigations, nearly 37% higher than in 2022.
Dec 2, 2024 | Alleged Predatory Sexual Misconduct | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | enforcement action | Mercer County OB-GYN | Predatory Sexual Misconduct | State Medical Board | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that the State Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) temporarily suspended the license of a Mercer County obstetrician and gynecologist after finding credible evidence he baselessly sexually exploited two patients under the cloak of providing routine medical care.
Nov 22, 2024 | Defrauded Investor | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | enforcement action | Job Placement and Recruiting Start-Up Company | NJ Bureau of Securities | Bureau of Securities | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that the New Jersey Bureau of Securities within the Division of Consumer Affairs has filed a civil enforcement action against a Bergen County man and an associate who defrauded at least one New Jersey investor in an investment scheme tied to a job recruiting software service they were purportedly trying to grow.
Nov 13, 2024 | Amicus Brief | anticompetitive and antiworker measures | Barring Noncompete Agreements | Bethesda | California | Camden | Colorado | depress worker wages | distorted labor markets | District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb | Federal Trade Commission | FTC | grow careers | healthcare industry | Illinois | legal hurdles for employees | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate brief | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | noncompete ban | Noncompete Cause Rule | noncompete clauses | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | the District of Columbia | U.S. Court of Appeals | undermine economic innovation and growth | Vermont | Washington | Consumer Protection | Defending our Workforce | Division of Law | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb led a multistate brief supporting the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule to eliminate noncompete clauses in employment contracts nationwide.