May 9, 2024 | “free” phone offers | “unlimited” data advertisements | Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) | AT&T | material conditions | material limitations | misleading and confusing advertising and sales tactics | monetary incentives to “switch” wireless networks | multistate | Settlement | T-Mobile | Verizon Wireless | Wireless Carriers | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs, together with 50 other attorneys general, announced a $10.25 million agreement with the nation’s largest cell phone companies to resolve an investigation into their allegedly misleading and confusing advertising and sales tactics.
Jan 8, 2024 | compensation equity | Complaint | Consent Decree and Order. AT&T | Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act | equal pay provisions | Finding of Probable Cause | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | pay discrimination | Settlement | Defending our Workforce | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today announced that the State has entered into a Consent Decree and Order resolving allegations that AT&T violated the equal pay provisions of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), known as the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act.
Dec 20, 2023 | Age Discrimination | Camden City School District | Consent Decree | LAD | Law Against Discrimination | Pension Credit | Settlement | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Defending our Workforce | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Terminated Employee to Receive $175,000 in Back Pay and At Least Three Years of Pension Credit.
Dec 20, 2023 | Alabama | broker-dealers | California | Commissions | Florida | Illinois | investors | Massachusetts | Montana | New Jersey Investors | Raymond James Financial Services | restitution | Settlement | Small-Dollar Transactions | Washington | Bureau of Securities | Division of Consumer Affairs | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court
The Office of the Attorney General and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the Bureau of Securities has joined a multi-state settlement with two Florida- based broker-dealers that have agreed to pay at least $8.25 million in refunds to investors who were charged unreasonable commission fees on small-dollar transactions.
