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.
Feb 9, 2025 | "deferred resignation" | “Fork in the Road” directive | 21 state attorneys general | accept a legally fraught “buyout” | AFGE Local 3707 | Arizona | California | Colorado | Connecticut | County and Municipal Employees | Delaware | Donald Trump | Elon Musk | federal employees | federal ethics regulations | Hawaii | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | potential termination | Rhode Island | the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) | the American Federation of State | the District of Columbia | the National Association of Government Employees | the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) | Trump administration’s federal “buyout” plan | Vermont | Washington | DD-FederalFunding | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general, standing with the nation’s federal employees in a challenge to the Trump administration’s federal “buyout” plan. The so-called “Fork in the Road” directive is an attempt to force federal workers to choose, with only days to decide, between accepting a legally fraught “buyout” and potentially being terminated.
Feb 3, 2025 | "deferred resignation" program | Arizona | Attorneys General | California | Coalition | Connecticut | Delaware | federal workers | Hawaii | intimidation | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | misleading buyout offer | New York | Office of Personnel Management (OPM) | The American Federation of Government Employees | Trump Administration | unelected billionaire | Union | Vermont | warning to federal employees | Washington | Defending our Workforce | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 11 attorneys general warning federal employees about the Trump administration’s misleading “deferred resignation” program, which purports to offer federal employees pay through September 30, 2025 if they resign by February 6.
