The Division of Law (DOL) serves as primary legal counsel for New Jersey state government. Generally speaking, this work takes three forms: by providing legal advice to the state’s departments and agencies, by defending the state in civil litigation, and by bringing civil lawsuits against individuals, corporations, and other entities that violate the law and harm New Jersey and its residents. Staffed by nearly 500 attorneys, DOL’s responsibilities cover a broad swath of legal issues, including those involving banking, child protection, corrections, education, environmental, finance, health, insurance, taxation, and transportation matters.
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Attention Process Servers
Pursuant to the order of the New Jersey Supreme Court
signed, April 7, 2020, all summons and complaints must be
served electronically to: NJAG.ElectronicService.CivilMatters@law.njoag.gov
Process Servers – Full Document rev. 5/19/21
Order Permitting Electronic Service of Process on the State of New Jersey
Acting AG Platkin Announces Mallinckrodt Bankruptcy Plan Goes Effective, Resulting in Over a Billion Dollars for New Jersey and Other Public Creditors to Use toward Opioid Abatement
As Part of Mallinckrodt Bankruptcy Plan, New Jersey and its Subdivisions to Receive Approximately $30 Million Dollars from Dublin-Based Pharmaceutical Company that Flooded Market with Highly Addictive Opioid Painkillers, Downplayed RisksFor Immediate Release: June 30,...
Acting AG Platkin: 4,660 New Jersey Student Borrowers to Benefit from U.S. Department of Education’s Discharge of Corinthian Students’ Federal Loans
DOE action means total of $48.8 million in loan cancellations for NJ student borrowersFor Immediate Release: June 30, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralDivision of Consumer Affairs- Cari Fais, Acting DirectorDivision of...
Acting AG Platkin Announces Settlement with Carnival Cruise Line over 2019 Data Breach that Compromised Personal Information from its Employees and Customers
For Immediate Release: June 22, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralDivision of Consumer Affairs- Cari Fais, Acting DirectorDivision of Law- Michael T.G. Long, DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Lee...
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