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 7, 2025 | "Advocate Form" | Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group | against medical advice | aneurysm | cheap labor | Colonia | Conspiracy to Conceal | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Enforcement Bureau | Final Consent Order | Harboring Aliens | Household Servants | housekeepers | India | medically compromised | Physician Sentenced to Federal Prison | Professional Boards Prosecution Section | Revoked License | rheumatology practice | State Board of Medical Examiners | verified complaint | Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey’s Community Health Center | DD-ImmigrantRights | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Immigrants' Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the State Board of Medical Examiners has permanently revoked the medical license of a Central Jersey physician facing 27 months in federal prison for conspiring with others to illegally recruit, conceal, and harbor two women from India to be household servants for low pay.
Jan 2, 2025 | Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group | Bodywork | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Enforcement Bureau | female client | gross negligence | inappropriate | incompetence | License revocation | malpractice | Massage Therapist | permanent revocation | Professional Boards Prosecution Section | rules of professional conduct | sexual misconduct | unwanted sexual contact | verified complaint | Verona | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy (“Board”) has permanently revoked the license of an Essex County massage therapist amid allegations he engaged in inappropriate and unwanted sexual contact with a female client during a massage session.
Dec 17, 2024 | Division of Law | employees | exploitation of workers | Failing to maintain and provide records | Failing to pay wages due to employees | Failing to provide employees earned sick leave | Hindering the NJDOL in its investigation | Illegally requesting job applicants’ criminal history | Independent Contractors | Misclassification of workers | New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) | newspaper delivery firm | NJ Labor Law | NJ Penn | Settlement | Withholding or diverting employee wages | workers' rights and benefits | Defending our Workforce | Department of Labor | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
NJ Penn Employees Illegally Classified as Independent Contractors For Immediate Release: December 17, 2024 Office of the Attorney General– Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Law– Michael C. Walters, Acting DirectorNew Jersey Department of Labor &...
Dec 17, 2024 | accomodations | adjustments to quotas | assistance with manual labor | bathroom breaks | breastfeeding | DCR | Division on Civil Rights | employees | employers | Guidance | health care appointments | hydration breaks | job restructuring | lactating | LAD | milk expression breaks | minimum reasonable accomodations | modifications to eating and drinking policies | modifications to uniforms or dress codes | modified work schedules | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | New Jersey Pregnanat Workers Fairness Act | pain and discomfort | periodic rest | postpartum | pregnant | production standards | protections against discrimination | remote work | workstation modifications | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | DCR Gender | DD-CivilRights | DD-ReproductiveFreedom | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Standing Up for Reproductive Rights
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights issued guidance today to clarify the comprehensive anti-discrimination protections available under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD)
Dec 17, 2024 | Battling the Opioid Epidemic | Consumer Protection | Division of Law | Environmental Justice | NJ CARES | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that civil enforcement efforts in 2023 brought in nearly $596 million through recoveries resulting from lawsuits and investigations, nearly 37% higher than in 2022.
