Mar 6, 2025 | Arizona | California | coalition of 23 attorneys general | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | disaster relief funding | drug-trafficking enforcement | Funding Freeze Policy | Hawaii | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Medicaid funding | Memorandum | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Oregon | Preliminary Injunction | Rhode Island | temporary restraining order (TRO) | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general today won a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration to block its illegal policy freezing funding to states for essential federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs. Judge John J. McConnell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island today granted the preliminary injunction after Attorney General Platkin and the coalition sued the Trump Administration to stop the funding freeze.
Mar 5, 2025 | Arizona | biomedical research | California | coalition of 22 attorneys genera | Colorado | Connecticut | cutting billions of dollars in funds | cutting-edge medical and public health research | Delaware | faculty | Hawaii | Illinois | infrastructure | lab | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Massachusetts v. NIH | Michigan | Minnesota | nationwide preliminary injunction | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Preliminary Injunction | protects critical funds | Research Institutions | Rhode Island | the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) | the National Institutes of Health (NIH) | Trump Administration | Universities | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general have secured a nationwide preliminary injunction in Massachusetts v. NIH. The order prevents the Trump Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from cutting billions of dollars in funds that support cutting-edge medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country regardless of whether their states have joined the lawsuit.
Feb 28, 2025 | Arizona | California | coalition of 23 attorneys general | Colorado | Connecticut | critical safety needs | Cybersecurity | Delaware | emergency management | FEMA funding | fighting fires | flood mitigation | Hawaii | homeland security | Illegal Funding Freeze | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | motion for enforcement | Nevada | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Rhode Island | temporary restraining order (TRO) | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Vermont | Washington | wildfire prevention response | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
For Immediate Release: February 28, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Michael ZhadanovskyOAGpress@njoag.gov Second Motion to Enforce TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today...
Feb 20, 2025 | Amicus Brief | Arizona | auto lending | banking | big banks | California | coalition of 23 attorneys general | Colorado | Connecticut | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) | consumer protection | credit card companies | Delaware | Federal Consumer Protection Laws | federal regulations | Hawaii | Illinois | independent agency | lenders | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | mortgage servicers | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Rhode Island | student loan servicers | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Consumer Protection | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general to warn against efforts by the Trump Administration and Elon Musk to defund and disband the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Feb 14, 2025 | “friend of the court” brief | 000 | 150 | active-duty servicemembers | Amicus Brief | banning transgender people | California | coalition of 20 state attorneys | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | discriminates against transgender people | harms national security | Hawaii | Illinois | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | members of the National Guard | Michigan | military service | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | President Trump’s executive order | Reserves | Rhode Island | transgender | unconstitutional | United States District Court for the District of Columbia | Vermont | veterans | Washington | Wisconsin | Bias and Discrimination | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing a “friend of the court” brief, or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit challenging the implementation of President Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military.
