Apr 25, 2025 | coalition of attorneys general | Critical Federal Funding | Federal Funding | K-12 schools | Lawsuit | Title VI | Trump Administration | U.S. Department of Education | Unlawful Conditions | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Platkin announced that he and a coalition of 18 other attorneys general have filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s threat to withhold federal funding from state education agencies and local school districts that maintain lawful programs and policies that promote equal access to education in K-12 classrooms.
Apr 21, 2025 | Blue Star | BWK | Disability Benefits Fund | drywall | Drywall Builders | electrical | failed to maintain and produce records of earned sick leave | failed to maintain and produce records of hours and wages | failed to make available and provide earned sick leave | failed to make required contributions to the New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Fund | failed to pay overtime | failed to pay timely wages | flooring | framing | General Contractors | GSC | HVAC | Independent Contractors | insulations | Lawsuit | misclassification | New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) | Numerous Labor Violations | P&B | painting | plumbing | roofing | scaffolding work | sprinkler | Subcontractors | Williams Drywall | Workforce Development Funds | Defending our Workforce | Department of Labor | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo jointly announced a lawsuit against a general contractor and five subcontractors for paying construction workers off the books on a Jersey City complex, denying the workers their lawful pay and benefits.
Apr 17, 2025 | "friends" | Child Predators | common server | Consumer Protection Laws | DCA | Discord | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | DMs | internet links | Lawsuit | multiyear investigation | NJ Kids | Online Predators | platform structure | Safe Direct Messaging | safety features | sexually explicit content | unchecked unmoderated engagement | unlawful practice | User Settings | Violent sexual content | virtual "community" | Child Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced a lawsuit against messaging application provider Discord, Inc. (“Discord”) for deceptive and unconscionable business practices that misled parents about the efficacy of its safety controls and obscured the risks children faced when using the application.
Apr 10, 2025 | ARPA funded education-related programs | coalition of attorneys general | Covid-19 Pandemic | Education Funding | essential resources | K-12 students | Lawsuit | Trump Administration | U.S. Department of Education | DD-Education | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 15 other attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in suing the Trump Administration to restore states’ access to essential U.S. Department of Education programs that funding for services to address the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 students in New Jersey and across the country.
