Attorney General Platkin Secures Early Court Decision Stopping Trump Administration’s Unlawful Termination of K-12 Teacher Preparation Pipeline Grants in Lawsuit Co-Led by New Jersey

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today secured a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts temporarily blocking the Trump Administration’s unlawful termination of K-12 teacher preparation pipeline grants while the states seek a preliminary injunction.

AG Platkin Recovers Over $500,000 in False Claims Act Settlement

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that the State of New Jersey secured over half a million dollars from a surety company, International Fidelity Insurance Company (IFIC), and its parent, I.A.T. Insurance Group (IAT), to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit accusing them of improperly keeping monies of New Jersey residents in the form of unused collateral in violation of the New Jersey False Claims Act and the New Jersey Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.

Attorney General Platkin Files Lawsuit to Stop Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against numerous federal agencies for conducting illegal mass layoffs of federal probationary employees.

Attorney General Platkin and Multistate Coalition Secure Court Order Blocking Trump Administration from Freezing Federal Funds

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. PlatkinĀ and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general today won a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration to block its illegal policy freezing funding to states for essential federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs. Judge John J. McConnell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island today granted the preliminary injunction after Attorney General Platkin and the coalition sued the Trump Administration to stop the funding freeze.

AG Platkin Co-Leads National Lawsuit to Restore Critical Teacher Training Programs

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey is joining with California and Massachusetts to co-lead a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its illegal early termination of U.S. Education Department (USED) grants to fund critical teacher preparation programs.

Attorney General Platkin Secures Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Defunding Medical and Public Health Innovation Research

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH. The order prevents the Trump Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from cutting billions of dollars in funds that support cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country regardless of whether their states have joined the lawsuit.

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