May 14, 2024 | bias-based harassment | Division on Civil Rights | Guidance on Protections for Remote Workers | LAD | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | workplace discrimination | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Defending our Workforce | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued guidance explaining protections afforded by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) to individuals who work remotely for New Jersey-based employers.
May 13, 2024 | Cover-up | falsely denying | Guilty Plea | Hostile Work Environment | Howell Township Police Chief | Obstructing Administration of Law | official interview | Sexual Affair | sexual harassment | subordinate employee | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced today that the retired Howell Township police chief has admitted to providing false statements in a township investigation and otherwise trying to conceal a sexual affair with a subordinate.
May 13, 2024 | Bureau of Securities | business practices | Division of Consumer Affairs | Examination of Investment Advisers | firm organization | investment accounts | investment adviser firms | investment concentration | risk assessment tool | securities industry | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Bureau of Securities (“Bureau”) within the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the Bureau’s annual investment adviser examination is underway.
May 10, 2024 | Brick Township | Fatal Police Encounter | medical episode | Ocean County | Ocean University Medical Center | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a death that occurred following an encounter with law enforcement on May 9, 2024, in Brick Township, Ocean County, New Jersey. One adult male civilian died after an apparent medical episode. His identity is not being released at this time.
May 10, 2024 | cold-case investigations | Conviction Review Unit | Conviction Review Unit (CRU) | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | overturned convictions | Public Defender | sexual assaults | Sussex County Prosecutor | unsolved homicides | violent crimes | Conviction Review Unit | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and OPIA Executive Director Drew Skinner today announced the appointment of a new director of the Conviction Review Unit (CRU), selecting a former longtime public defender in the Monmouth County trial region and current chief of staff in the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) to take on the role.
May 9, 2024 | “free” phone offers | “unlimited” data advertisements | Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) | AT&T | material conditions | material limitations | misleading and confusing advertising and sales tactics | monetary incentives to “switch” wireless networks | multistate | Settlement | T-Mobile | Verizon Wireless | Wireless Carriers | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs, together with 50 other attorneys general, announced a $10.25 million agreement with the nation’s largest cell phone companies to resolve an investigation into their allegedly misleading and confusing advertising and sales tactics.
