Nov 13, 2024 | Amicus Brief | anticompetitive and antiworker measures | Barring Noncompete Agreements | Bethesda | California | Camden | Colorado | depress worker wages | distorted labor markets | District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb | Federal Trade Commission | FTC | grow careers | healthcare industry | Illinois | legal hurdles for employees | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate brief | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | noncompete ban | Noncompete Cause Rule | noncompete clauses | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | the District of Columbia | U.S. Court of Appeals | undermine economic innovation and growth | Vermont | Washington | Consumer Protection | Defending our Workforce | Division of Law | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb led a multistate brief supporting the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule to eliminate noncompete clauses in employment contracts nationwide.
May 31, 2024 | Amicus Brief | Attorneys General | California Attorney General Rob Bonta | Colorado | DCR | Delaware | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Education | Hawaii | Illinois | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Multistate Coalition | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry | Rhode Island | Sexual Discrimination | the District of Columbia | Title IX | Vermont | Washington | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that, together with California and Pennsylvania, they have filed the first of several amicus briefs defending Title IX, the landmark law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education, from yet another federal court challenge that threatens the rights of students in schools and colleges nationwide.
May 7, 2024 | AK-47 | Amicus Brief | AR-15 | assault weapons | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Hawaii | Illinois | large capacity ammunition magazines (LCMs) | Maine | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate | Nevada | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | Semiautomatic assault weapons | South Carolina | the District of Columbia | U.S. Court of Appeals | Vermont | Washington | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin led a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of Massachusetts, which is defending its commonsense gun safety laws from a Second Amendment challenge.
Feb 22, 2024 | Amicus Brief | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Gun Violence | Hawaii | Illinois | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania State Police | Rhode Island | the District of Columbia | Third Circuit | U.S. Court of Appeals | Vermont | Washington | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit urging that court to revisit an opinion striking down a Pennsylvania law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from carrying concealed weapons in public and imposing additional restrictions during declared states of emergency.