May 28, 2024 | 2024 Primary Election | Election Day | Election Fraud | improper electioneering | Law Enforcement Guidance for Elections | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Right to Vote Protection | Safeguards | voter intimidation | Voter Protection Initiative | Press Release | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that the Department of Law and Public Safety (LPS) will be taking steps to help ensure a fair and smooth-running election during the 2024 primary election, He established the initiative prior to the 2022 general election to identify and address voting rights or civil rights violations arising during early voting and on Election Day.
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 2, 2024 | New Jersey Police Licensing Act | OPIA | proposed new rules | Social Media | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Police Training Commission | Policing Policy | Policing Policy | Press Release | Public Integrity | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
The Police Training Commission (PTC) has proposed new rules for the review of law enforcement officers’ social media under New Jersey’s Police Licensing Act.
Jan 31, 2024 | DCA | Deceptive Business Practices | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | HCSFIU | Health Care Service Firms | Investigations | OCP | Office of Consumer Protection | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today provided a look back at the 2023 enforcement initiatives undertaken by the Division to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive business practices.
Jan 16, 2024 | Administrative Order 2024-1 | Alcoholic Beverage Control | craft manufacturers | Limited Brewery Licensees | Alcoholic Beverage Control | Press Release | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
In an Administrative Order released today, the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) announced that the legislation signed by Governor Murphy to create new on- and off-premise privileges for holders of craft manufacturer licenses has superseded the May 28, 2019 Special Ruling Authorizing Certain Activities by Holders of Limited Brewery Licenses (2019 Special Ruling).
Jan 9, 2024 | CashApp | CFPB | Coalition | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Digital Payment and Wallet Services | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking | Paypal | proposed federal rule | Venmo | Zelle | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin yesterday led a coalition of Attorneys General to support a proposed federal rule that would expand supervisory authority over certain nonbank companies to ensure that such companies are subject to the same regulatory oversight as banks, credit unions, and other traditional financial institutions.
