Feb 20, 2025 | Amicus Brief | Arizona | auto lending | banking | big banks | California | coalition of 23 attorneys general | Colorado | Connecticut | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) | consumer protection | credit card companies | Delaware | Federal Consumer Protection Laws | federal regulations | Hawaii | Illinois | independent agency | lenders | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | mortgage servicers | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Rhode Island | student loan servicers | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Consumer Protection | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general to warn against efforts by the Trump Administration and Elon Musk to defund and disband the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Feb 13, 2025 | 14 Attorneys General | Birthright | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Constitution | Delaware | Executive Order | Fourteenth Amendment | Hawaii | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Preliminary Injunction | Rhode Island | statement | the City of San Francisco | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | unconstitutional | Vermont | Wisconsin | Attorney General Statement | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined in the response to a preliminary injunction being granted by a federal judge against President Trump’s unconstitutional executive order terminating birthright citizenship in the multi-state lawsuit led by New Jersey.
Feb 10, 2025 | 24 attorneys general | disaster relief | District of Rhode Island | Elon Musk | Freezing Federal Funds | Head Start | law enforcement programs | litigation | Medicaid | Motion to Enforce | Trump Administration | VP Vance | Attorney General Statement | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following statement in response to the District of Rhode Island’s decision to enforce the court’s prior order preventing the Trump Administration from implementing its freeze of up to $3 trillion in federal funding.
Feb 9, 2025 | "deferred resignation" | “Fork in the Road” directive | 21 state attorneys general | accept a legally fraught “buyout” | AFGE Local 3707 | Arizona | California | Colorado | Connecticut | County and Municipal Employees | Delaware | Donald Trump | Elon Musk | federal employees | federal ethics regulations | Hawaii | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | potential termination | Rhode Island | the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) | the American Federation of State | the District of Columbia | the National Association of Government Employees | the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) | Trump administration’s federal “buyout” plan | Vermont | Washington | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general, standing with the nation’s federal employees in a challenge to the Trump administration’s federal “buyout” plan. The so-called “Fork in the Road” directive is an attempt to force federal workers to choose, with only days to decide, between accepting a legally fraught “buyout” and potentially being terminated.
Feb 7, 2025 | "special government employees" | Arizona | bank account details | block federal funds to states | Bureau of Fiscal Services (“BFS”) | California | central payment system | childcare | Colorado | Connecticut | critical services | Delaware | DOGE | Elon Musk | essential services like law enforcement | Hawaii | Health Care | Illinois | infrastructure repairs | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Medicare and Medicaid payments | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | public education | Rhode Island | Social Security numbers | Social Security payments | Treasury Department | Trump Administration | unelected billionaire | Vermont | veterans benefits | vital funding | Wisconsin | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration to stop the unauthorized disclosure of Americans’ private information and sensitive data.
