Apr 15, 2025 | 504(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | American Association of People with Disabilities v. Dudek | Amicus Brief | DOGE | Dudek | Elon Musk | erratic actions | First and Fifth Amendments | food | Health Care | Illegal Cuts | Medicaid | Medicare | Preliminary Injunction | reckless and unlawful layoffs and closures | shelter | Social Security Administration | social security benefits | SSA | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance | the Administrative Procedure Act | The Office of Transformation | Trump Administration | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 20 other states filing an amicus brief supporting an injunction to block the Trump Administration’s reckless and unlawful layoffs and closures at the Social Security Administration, which have jeopardized continued Social Security payments for millions of Americans.
Feb 10, 2025 | 24 attorneys general | disaster relief | District of Rhode Island | Elon Musk | Freezing Federal Funds | Head Start | law enforcement programs | litigation | Medicaid | Motion to Enforce | Trump Administration | VP Vance | Attorney General Statement | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following statement in response to the District of Rhode Island’s decision to enforce the court’s prior order preventing the Trump Administration from implementing its freeze of up to $3 trillion in federal funding.
Feb 12, 2024 | Essex County | Fraud | Hunterdon County | Medicaid | Mental Health Clinics | Mercer County | Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor | OIFP | Union County | Warren County | Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced today that the State has seized approximately $6.4 million under a final judgment by consent, resolving a case against a now-deceased defendant whose chain of mental health clinics engaged in an elaborate bogus-billing scheme that defrauded Medicaid.
