Apr 17, 2025 | "friends" | Child Predators | common server | Consumer Protection Laws | DCA | Discord | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | DMs | internet links | Lawsuit | multiyear investigation | NJ Kids | Online Predators | platform structure | Safe Direct Messaging | safety features | sexually explicit content | unchecked unmoderated engagement | unlawful practice | User Settings | Violent sexual content | virtual "community" | Child Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced a lawsuit against messaging application provider Discord, Inc. (“Discord”) for deceptive and unconscionable business practices that misled parents about the efficacy of its safety controls and obscured the risks children faced when using the application.
Mar 28, 2025 | 50 states and territories | Alaska | Apotex | Arizona | artificially inflate and manipulate prices | AUROBINDO PHARMA USA INC. | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Conspiracy to Inflate Drug Prices | DCA | Delaware | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Florida | generic drug manufacturer | generic prescription drugs | Georgia | Heritage Pharmaceuticals | Idaho | Illinois | Inc. | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Limit Competition | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Northern Mariana Islands | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | preliminary approval for a settlement | Puerto Rico | reduce competition | Rhode Island | SANDOZ | Settlement | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA INC. | the District of Columbia | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut | U.S. Virgin Islands | unreasonably restrain trade | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | widespread long-running conspiracies | Wisconsin | Wyoming. | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases as New Jersey joins 50 states and territories in seeking preliminary approval for a $39.1 million settlement with generic drug manufacturer Apotex over conspiracy to inflate prices and limit competition.
Feb 28, 2025 | Bureau of Securities | Consumer Protection Enforcement Highlights | consumer protection initiatives | DCA | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | high volume of consumer complaints | impede consumers’ ability to make informed purchasing decisions | Office of Consumer Protection | Office of Weights and Measures | targeted crackdowns | taskforce sweeps | undercover investigations | unfair and deceptive conduct | unlawful business practices | unscrupulous investment schemes | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“Division”) announced highlights of various consumer protection initiatives carried out by the Division in 2024, including those aimed at putting a stop to unlawful business practices that impede consumers’ ability to make informed purchasing decisions, shutting down unscrupulous investment schemes putting New Jersey investors at risk, and halting unfair and deceptive conduct in industries that historically generate a high volume of consumer complaints in New Jersey each year.
Feb 3, 2025 | Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group | cardiologist | Consent Order | criminal matters | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | family medicine | fourth-degree criminal sexual contact | Haledon | Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office | Jersey City | North Jersey Physicians | permanently revoked licenses | pretrial intervention program (“PTI”) | Professional Boards Prosecution Section | second-degree sexual assault | sexual contact during professional interactions | sexual misconduct | State Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) | Division of Consumer Affairs | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the State Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) has permanently revoked the licenses of two North Jersey physicians charged in unrelated criminal matters involving alleged sexual misconduct in the workplace.
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.
