Jan 16, 2025 | appealing to children | bright packaging | California | candy | chocolate | civil investigative demands | Coalition | Connecticut | distributing | Division of Consumer Affairs | e-cigarette retailers | e-cigarettes | electronic cigarettes | enforcement tools | flavored vapor products | fruit | Hawaii | Illinois | importing | lawsuits | licensing and consumer protection laws | marketing flavored e-cigarettes | Minnesota | New Jersey | New Jersey joins California | New York | Ohio | rise in tobacco sales | selling | subpoenas | to filing lawsuits | Tobacco | Vermont | warning letters | Washington D.C. | Child Protection | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Advancing efforts to protect New Jerseyans from the hazards of electronic cigarettes, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that the Division of Consumer Affairs sent letters to nearly 11,000 New Jersey businesses reminding them that selling flavored vapor products is unlawful and directing them to cease any such sales immediately.
Jan 15, 2025 | Law and Public Safety | LPS | passaic valley | Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission | PSVC commissioner | public employee | Sewerage commission | The Office of the Attorney General | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced that a Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) employee has pleaded guilty after trying to influence a PVSC Commissioner in a corrupt attempt to advance in his career.
Jan 15, 2025 | Affordable Care Act (ACA) | Arizona | basic health care services | California | Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) | coalition of States | Colorado | DACA | Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals | Delaware | Department of Health | Department of Human Services | Department of Justice | deportation | Dreamers | Final Rule | Get Covered New Jersey | Hawaii | Health Insurance | Illinois | Immigration | Kansas | lawfully present | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance | New Mexico | Official Health Insurance Marketplace | Oregon | President-elect Trump | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) | U.S. Department of Homeland Security | University Hospital | Vermont | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | Civil Rights | DCR Public Places | DD-CivilRights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Equity & Inclusion | Immigrants' Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced he is leading an effort a group of 14 states in defending health insurance access for Dreamers from court challenges.
Jan 13, 2025 | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
For Immediate Release: January 13, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON...
Jan 10, 2025 | Advisory Accounts | Brokerage Account Conversions | Bureau of Securities | commission-based brokerage accounts | Consent Order | Edward D. Jones & Co. L.P. | Edward Jones | investors | Multistate Investigation | Supervisory Failures | Bureau of Securities | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the Bureau of Securities has joined a $17 million nationwide multistate settlement with Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (Edward Jones) resulting from a probe into the broker-dealer’s supervision of financial professionals moving customers’ commission-based brokerage accounts to fee-based investment advisory accounts.
Jan 10, 2025 | conspiring to commit official misconduct (3rd degree) | forgery (3rd degree) | Guilty Plea | improperly and unlawfully obtained permits | landscaping and underground oil storage tank removal company | mayor of Clark Township | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | removing hundreds of underground tanks | Salvatore Bonaccorso | submission of false and fraudulent permit applications | Superior Court | Union County | use of employees for private business | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Bonaccorso Forfeits His Position as Mayor and Is Barred from Any Future Public Office or Employment For Immediate Release: January 10, 2025 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner,...
