May 31, 2024 | Amicus Brief | Attorneys General | California Attorney General Rob Bonta | Colorado | DCR | Delaware | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Education | Hawaii | Illinois | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Multistate Coalition | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry | Rhode Island | Sexual Discrimination | the District of Columbia | Title IX | Vermont | Washington | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | DD-CivilRights | DD-Education | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that, together with California and Pennsylvania, they have filed the first of several amicus briefs defending Title IX, the landmark law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education, from yet another federal court challenge that threatens the rights of students in schools and colleges nationwide.
May 16, 2024 | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | DCR FCHA | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued 19 Notices of Violation to a Millstone, NJ-based property management company, for allegedly violating New Jersey’s Fair Chance in Housing Act (FCHA).
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 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.
May 8, 2024 | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division on Civil Rights | Home Appraisal Discrimination Initiative | Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal Valuation Equity | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | New Jersey State Real Estate Appraiser Board | Newark NAACP | NJHMFA’s First-Time Homebuyer Program | Wealth Disparity Task Force | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) and Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) have launched several new public education resources as part of Attorney General Platkin’s Home Appraisal Discrimination Initiative.
May 7, 2024 | AK-47 | Amicus Brief | AR-15 | assault weapons | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Hawaii | Illinois | large capacity ammunition magazines (LCMs) | Maine | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate | Nevada | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | Semiautomatic assault weapons | South Carolina | the District of Columbia | U.S. Court of Appeals | Vermont | Washington | Combating Gun Violence | DD-GunSafety | Gun Violence | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin led a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of Massachusetts, which is defending its commonsense gun safety laws from a Second Amendment challenge.
