Nov 8, 2023 | Brick | Clifton | Cosmetology School | Defrauded Students | Division of Consumer Affairs | Kenilworth | Licensure | Paramus | Settlement | State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release
A now-defunct New Jersey cosmetology school and its related entities have agreed to pay nearly $640,000 to resolve the State’s lawsuit alleging they defrauded students and engaged in substandard business practices that financially harmed students.
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 | 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.
