Oct 30, 2023 | COVID-19 | Disability Discrimination | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Mercer County Community College | Settlement | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has entered into a Consent Order and Decree resolving a complaint alleging that Mercer County Community College discriminated against an employee who contracted COVID-19.
Oct 23, 2023 | Amicus Brief | Arizona | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Hawaii | Illegal | Illinois | Jackson Hewitt | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate | Nevada | New York | No-Poach Agreements | North Carolina | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | the District of Columbia | DD-OrganizedLabor | Defending our Workforce | Division of Law | Press Release
New Jersey Leads Filing of Amicus Brief to Protect Workers From Unfair and Anticompetitive Labor Practices.
Oct 18, 2023 | "Income Share Agreements" | Deceptive Business Practices | Federal Consumer Protection Laws | For-Profit School | Private Student Loans | Settlement | Student Debt | Unlawful Education Loans | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Settlement Includes $3.4M in Forgiveness of Student Debt Tied to “Income Share Agreements” that Violated Federal Consumer Protection Laws Governing Private Student Loans.
Oct 18, 2023 | Botox injections | Consumer Affairs | cosmetology license | Enforcement Actions | platelet rich plasma injection treatment | practice of medicine | Unlicensed Medical Procedures | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Licensing & Permits | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that a licensed cosmetologist and skincare specialist in Union County must pay $22,500 in civil penalties for allegedly performing invasive aesthetic treatments that only licensed medical professionals are authorized to perform in New Jersey.
Oct 16, 2023 | CROWN Act | Division on Civil Rights | Gloucester County Institute of Technology | Hair Styling Education | Civil Rights | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today announced an agreement with the Gloucester County Vocational-Technical School District that ensures the cosmetology program at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology (GCIT) will instruct all of its students in the theory and practice of styling Black and other textured hair.
