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Acting AG Platkin Announces 18 Grants Totaling $304,000 to Expand Summer Programs for At-Risk Youth
For Immediate Release: July 1, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralJuvenile Justice Commission- Jennifer LeBaron, Ph.D., Acting Executive DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Sharon...
Acting AG Platkin Announces Mallinckrodt Bankruptcy Plan Goes Effective, Resulting in Over a Billion Dollars for New Jersey and Other Public Creditors to Use toward Opioid Abatement
As Part of Mallinckrodt Bankruptcy Plan, New Jersey and its Subdivisions to Receive Approximately $30 Million Dollars from Dublin-Based Pharmaceutical Company that Flooded Market with Highly Addictive Opioid Painkillers, Downplayed RisksFor Immediate Release: June 30,...
Acting AG Platkin: 4,660 New Jersey Student Borrowers to Benefit from U.S. Department of Education’s Discharge of Corinthian Students’ Federal Loans
DOE action means total of $48.8 million in loan cancellations for NJ student borrowersFor Immediate Release: June 30, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralDivision of Consumer Affairs- Cari Fais, Acting DirectorDivision of...
State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Officers Involved in Fatal Shooting in Ventnor, N.J., on August 6, 2020
For Immediate Release: June 28. 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Executive DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Steven...
Acting Attorney General Platkin, National Coalition of Attorneys General Issue Joint Statement Reaffirming Commitment to Protecting Access to Abortion Care
Despite U.S. Supreme Court decision, national coalition of 22 Attorneys General emphasizes that abortion remains safe and legal in states across the countryFor Immediate Release: June 27, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney...