Jun 28, 2024 | Asbury Park | Broad Equitable Relief | Consent Order | Discrimination | Division on Civil Rights | Gender-Neutral Dress Code | LAD | Law Against Discrimination | LGBTQ+ | Marlboro | Monmouth Beach | Old Bridge | Penalty | Restaurant | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Civil Rights | DCR Public Places | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Sexual Assault Victims
Asbury Park Restaurant Agrees to Broad Equitable Relief, to Adopt New Gender-Neutral Dress Code, and to Pay Penalty.
Jun 25, 2024 | Alabama | amicus briefs | Arkansas | Carroll Independent School District | Education Department | Harassment | Kansas | Lawsuit | Louisiana | multistate | National Effort | Sex-based Discrimination | Students | Texas | Title IX Protections | U.S. Department of Education | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Sexual Assault Victims
New Jersey, Multistate Coalition File Briefs in Six Lawsuits Attempting to Halt Education Department’s Final Rule Protecting Students from Sex-Based Discrimination.
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.
Apr 15, 2024 | Division of Consumer Affairs | observers | patient protections | patients' rights | preventing sexual misconduct by physicians | professional settings | Proposed Rules | sexual misconduct and abuse | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Sexual Assault Victims | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
Advancing New Jersey’s ongoing efforts to combat sexual misconduct and abuse in professional settings, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“Division”) today announced the publication of proposed rules to enhance and expand patient protections and help prevent sexual misconduct by physicians.
Feb 21, 2024 | Bumble | Civil Penalty | Criminal Background Screening | Internet Dating Safety Act (“IDSA”) | Internet Dating Services | New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (“CFA”) | Public Disclosures | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“Division”) announced today that Texas-based internet dating service provider Bumble, Inc. will pay $315,000 and change its business practices to settle allegations it violated New Jersey’s consumer protection and internet dating safety laws by misrepresenting or failing to disclose its criminal background screening policies and practices to its New Jersey users.
